| Francis T. Palgrave, ed. (18241897). The Golden Treasury. 1875. |
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| W. Drummond |
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| XLIII. Madrigal |
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| MY thoughts hold mortal strife; | |
| I do detest my life, | |
| And with lamenting cries | |
| Peace to my soul to bring | |
| Oft call that prince which here doth monarchize: | 5 |
| But he, grim grinning King, | |
| Who caitiffs scorns, and doth the blest surprise, | |
| Late having deck'd with beauty's rose his tomb, | |
| Disdains to crop a weed, and will not come. | |
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