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!