| Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916. | | | XXIV. Bitter Sorrow
From ‘A Noble Soldier’, 1634 | | By Samuel Rowley (d. 1633?) |
| | | O SORROW! Sorrow! say, Where dost thou dwell? | |
| In the lowest room of Hell. | |
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| Art thou born of human race? | |
| No! no! I have a fairer face! | |
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| Art thou in City, Town, or Court? | 5 |
| I to every place resort! | |
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| O, why into the world is Sorrow sent? | |
| Men afflicted, best repent! | |
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| What dost thou feed on? | |
| Broken sleep. | 10 |
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| What tak’st thou pleasure in? | |
| To weep. | |
| To sigh, to sob, to pine, to groan, | |
| To wring my hands, to sit alone. | |
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| O when, O when shall Sorrow quiet have? | 15 |
| Never! never! never! never! | |
| Never till she finds a grave! | | | | |
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