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Bid for me cease: Oh, snatcht brother! from wretchedest me.

Then, yea, thou by thy dying hast broke my comfort, O brother;

Buried together wi' thee lieth the whole of our house;

Perisht along wi' thyself all gauds and joys of our life-tide,

Douce love fostered by thee during the term of our days.

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After thy doom of death fro' mind I banishèd wholly

Studies like these, and all lending a solace to soul;

Wherefore as to thy writ:—"Verona's home for Catullus