AMother'sLament
amother'slament
forthedeathofherson.
fategavetheword,thearrowsped,
andpierc'dmydarling'sheart;
andwithhimallthejoysarefled
lifecantomeimpart.
bycruelhandsthesaplingdrops,
industdishonour'dlaid;
sofelltheprideofallmyhopes,
myage'sfutureshade.
themother-linnetinthebrake
bewailsherravish'dyoung;
soi,formylostdarling'ssake,
lamentthelive-daylong.
death,ofti'vefearedthyfatalblow.
now,fond,ibaremybreast;
o,dothoukindlylaymelow
withhimilove,atrest!