HERBERT.

“But groans are quick and full of wings,

And all their motions upward be,

And ever as they mount, like larks they sing:

The note is sad, yet music for a king.”

“Joys oft are there, and griefs as oft as joys,

But griefs without a noise;

Yet speak they louder than distempered fears:

What is so shrill as silent tears?”

“At first Thou gavest me milk and sweetnesses,