| Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916. | | | XXIV. Bitter Sorrow
Dirge | | By John Ford (1586–c. 1640) |
| | From “The Broken Heart,” Act V. Scene 3
GLORIES, pleasures, pomps, delights, and ease, | |
| Can but please | |
| The outward senses, when the mind | |
| Is or untroubled, or by peace refined. | |
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| Crowns may flourish and decay, | 5 |
| Beauties shine, but fade away. | |
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| Youth may revel, but it must | |
| Lie down in a bed of dust. | |
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| Earthly honours flow and waste, | |
| Time alone doth change and last. | 10 |
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| 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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