Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MADRIGAL, by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN



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First Line: My thoughts hold mortal strife
Last Line: Disdains to crop a weed, and will not come.
Alternate Author Name(s): Drummond, William
Subject(s): Sleep


MY thoughts hold mortal strife;
I do detest my life,
And with lamenting cries
Peace to my soul to bring
Oft call that prince which here doth monarchise:
-- But he, grim-grinning King,
Who caitiffs scorns, and doth the blest surprise,
Late having deck'd with beauty's rose his tomb,
Disdains to crop a weed, and will not come.





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