And evermore my heart is fed with groans;

And folds of mantles tied

Across the breast are rent

To shreds and rags in grief,

[*]Marring the grace of linen vestments fair,

[*]Since we by woes that shut out smiles are smitten.

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Antistrophe I

[*]Full clear a spectre came

That made each single hair to stand on end,