Love
Aspatia's Song
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Love
Lay a garland on my hearse
Of the dismal yew;
Maidens, willow branches bear;
Say, I died true.
My love was false, but I was firm
From my hour of birth.
Upon my buried body lie
Lightly, gentle earth!
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Codex Note
Listed by Bullen under Beaumont and Fletcher jointly.
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Fletcher, John. “Aspatia's Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher_j/7/.
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Fletcher, John. “Aspatia's Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher_j/7/.
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