Shutting its doors to misery and pain,

Closing the senses ’gainst all foes without,

Turning the hard couch unto airy down,

Dissolving time in melting harmonies.

O I could list forever to its sound,

But it, or something stronger, masters me.

[Sleeps.

King Henry. Poor, changeful-hearted man that wast a king,

Led captive by each wayward quick caprice,

Unhappy fate call’d thee unto a throne