4 "Ay me, dear lady, who the image are
Ay me > Ah me! Alas! (chiefly in northern dialect) image > emblem; personification
5 Of rueful pity, and impatient smart,
impatient smart > unendurable pain
6 What direful chance, armed with revenging fate,
direful > terrible
7 Or cursed hand has played this cruel part, 8 Thus foul to hasten your untimely date;
date > end
9 Speak, O dear lady, speak: help never comes too late!"
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