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Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.

Robert Herrick. 1591–1674

269. Comfort to a Youth that had lost his Love

WHAT needs complaints,
When she a place
Has with the race
Of saints?
In endless mirth	5
She thinks not on
What ‘s said or done
In Earth.
She sees no tears,
Or any tone	10
Of thy deep groan
She hears:
Nor does she mind
Or think on ‘t now
That ever thou	15
Wast kind;
But changed above,
She likes not there,
As she did here,
Thy love.	20
Forbear therefore,
And lull asleep
Thy woes, and weep
No more.