| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907. | | | | Come, Ye Heavy States of Night | | Anonymous |
| | | COME, 1 ye heavy states of night, | |
| Do my father’s spirit right; | |
| Soundings baleful let me borrow, | |
| Burthening my song with sorrow. | |
| Come, Sorrow, come! her eyes that sings | 5 |
| By thee are turnèd into springs. | |
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| Come, you virgins of the night, | |
| That in dirges sad delight, | |
| Choir my anthems: I do borrow | |
| Gold nor pearl, but sounds of sorrow. | 10 |
| Come, Sorrow, come! her eyes that sings | |
| By thee are turnèd into springs. | |
| | | Note 1. From John Dowland’s Second Book of Songs or Airs, 1600. [back] | | |
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