The mournful lovers

Come, sad turtle, mateless moaning,
Droop no more for want of Owning.
  Here's a Breast
  For your Nest, 
Like an Altar, Cypress-dress'd,
Sacrificing griefful groaning.
Come, sad Turtle, oh come hither.
Our fate's alike, let's die together.

Come and use sigh-soothing skill,
And with [cooing]1 gently kill 
  Soon as Asps'
  Fatal Clasps. 
Whilst you, sad, glad feeder gasps,
Feed on woe, and feast your fill.
Come, sad Turtle, oh come hither.
Our fate's alike, let's die together.

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , 17^th century

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by Henry Lawes (c1595-1662) , "The mournful lovers"

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