So now his blust'ring blast each coast doth scour.

"The careful cold hath nipt my rugged rind,

And in my face deep furrows eld hath pight:

My head besprent with hoary frost I find,

And by mine eye the crow his claw doth write:

Delight is laid abed; and pleasure past;

No sun now shines; clouds have all overcast.

"Now leave, ye shepheards' boys, your merry glee;

My Muse is hoarse and weary of this stound:

Here will I hang my pipe upon this tree,