Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) and John Fletcher (1579-1625). Aspatia's Song. Andrew Macphail, comp. 1916. The Book of Sorrow

Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.

XXIX. The Happy Dead
Aspatia’s Song

By Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) and John Fletcher (1579–1625)

From ‘The Maid’s Tragedy’, Act II. Scene 1

LAY a garland on my hearse
Of the dismal yew;
Maidens, willow branches bear;
Say, I dièd true.

My love was false, but I was firm	5
From my hour of birth.
Upon my buried body lie
Lightly, gentle earth!