| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907. | | | | Calantha’s Dirge | | By John Ford (1586–c. 1640) |
| | | GLORIES, 1 pleasures, pomps, delights and ease, | |
| Can but please. | |
| Outward senses, when the mind | |
| Is troubled, or by peace refined. | |
| Crowns may flourish and decay, | 5 |
| Beauties shine, but fade away; | |
| Youth may revel, yet it must | |
| Lie down in a bed of dust. | |
| Earthly honours flow and waste, | |
| Time alone doth change and last. | 10 |
| Sorrows mingled with contents prepare | |
| Rest for care; | |
| Love only reigns in death; though art | |
| Can find no comfort for a Broken Heart. | |
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