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First Line: All looks be pale, hearts cold as stone
Last Line: Since more him none shall see.
Variant Title(s): A Lamentation
Subject(s): Consolation; Henry Frederick, Prince (1729-1751); Mourning; Worship; Henry Frederick, Prince Of Wales; Bereavement


All looks be pale, hearts cold as stone,
For Hally now is dead and gone.
Hally in whose sight,
Most sweet sight,
All the earth late took delight.
Every eye, weep with me,
Joys drowned in tears must be.
His ivory skin, him comely hair,
His rosy cheeks so clear and fair,
Eyes that once did grace
His bright face,
Now in him all want their place.
Eyes and hearts, weep with me.
For who so kind as he?
His youth was like an April flower,
Adorned with beauty, love, and power.
Glory strewed his way,
Whose wreaths gay
Now are all turned to decay.
Then, again, weep with me,
None feel more cause than we.
No more may his wished sight return.
His golden lamp no more can burn,
Quenched is all his flame,
His hoped fame
Now hath left him nought but name.
For him all weep with me,
Since more him none shall see.





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