| Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916. | | | IV. Inevitable
Upon a Passing Bell | | By Thomas Washbourne (1606–1687) |
| | | HARK, how the Passing Bell | |
| Rings out thy neighbour’s knell! | |
| And thou, for want of wit | |
| Or grace, ne’er think’st on it; | |
| Because thou yet art well! | 5 |
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| Fool! In two days, or three, | |
| The same may ring for thee! | |
| For Death’s impartial dart | |
| Will surely hit thy heart! | |
| He will not take a fee! | 10 |
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| Since, then, he will not spare, | |
| See thou thyself prepare | |
| Against that dreadful day, | |
| When thou shalt turn to clay! | |
| This Bell bids thee, Beware! | 15 | | | |
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