The Mind
A briefe of sorrowe
From Melancholike Humours (1600)
The Mind
MVSE of sadnesse, neere deaths fashion,
Too neere madnesse, write my passion.
Paines possesse mee, sorrowes spill mee,
Cares distresse mee, all would kill mee.
Hopes haue faild mee, Fortune foild mee,
Feares haue quaild me, all haue spoild mee.
Woes haue worne mee, sighes haue soakt mee,
Thoughts haue torne mee, all haue broke mee.
Beauty strooke me, loue hath catcht mee,
Death hath tooke mee, all dispatcht mee.
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Breton, Nicholas. “A briefe of sorrowe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/breton/20/.
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Breton, Nicholas. “A briefe of sorrowe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/breton/20/.
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