Echo herself, that ever lent an ear

To any piteous moan,

Wont to groan with them that groan,

30Echo herself was speechless here.

Thrice did I sigh, thrice miserably cry,

Ai me! the Nymph, ai me! would not reply,

Or churlish, or she was asleep for company.

III.

There did I sit and sadly call to mind

Far and near, all I could find