WEEP no more, nor sigh, nor groan,
Sorrow calls no time that 's gone:
Violets pluck'd, the sweetest rain
Makes not fresh nor grow again.
Trim thy locks, look cheerfully;
Fate's hid ends eyes cannot see.
Joys as winged dreams fly fast,
Why should sadness longer last?
Grief is but a wound to woe;
Gentlest fair, mourn, mourn no moe.
| About the poet |
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| By the same poet |
| Hear, ye Ladies |
| Sleep |
| Bridal Song |
| Aspatia's Song |
| Hymn to Pan |
| Away, Delights |
| Love's Emblems |
| God Lyaeus |
| Beauty Clear and Fair |
| Melancholy |
| Related books |
| John Fletcher at amazon.co.uk |
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