E'en in the tomb what yet her soul held dear

No aliment she took her mind to cheer;

The gate of famine was the one she chose,

By which to leave this nether world of woes.

A DAY she passed; another day the same;

Her only sustenance, sobs, sighs, and flame

Still unappeased; she murmur'd 'gainst her fate;

But nothing could her direful woes abate.

ANOTHER corpse a residence had got,

A trifling distance from the gloomy spot;