by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Drop not, mine eyes Matches base text
Language: English
Drop not, mine eyes, nor trickle down so fast, For so you could do oft before In our sad farewells and sweet meetings past. And shall his death now have no more? Can niggard sorrow yield no other store To show the plenty of affliction's smart? Then only thou, poor heart, That know'st more reason why, Pine, fret, consume, swell, burst and die.
Composition:
- Set to music by John Danyel (1564 - 1626), "Drop not, mine eyes", from Mrs. M. E. Her Funeral Tears for the Death of her Husband, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
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Line count: 9
Word count: 63