A Lament (William Drummond Poem)
My thoughts hold mortal strife; I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries Peace to my soul to bring ...
My thoughts hold mortal strife; I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries Peace to my soul to bring ...
Doth then the world go thus? doth all thus move? Is this the justice which on earth we find? Is ...
Phoebus, arise! And paint the sable skies With azure, white, and red: Rouse Memnon's mother from her Tithon's bed That ...
Sweet bird, that sing'st away the early hours Of winters past or coming, void of care, Well pleased with delights ...
My lute, be as thou wert when thou didst grow With thy green mother in some shady grove, When immelodious ...
This Life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown up in the air By sporting children's breath, Who ...
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