The brazen mon’ments of renowned kings,

Doth thy glass stand? or be thy moulting wings

Unapt to flie? if not, why dost thou spare

A willing breast; a breast that stands so fair?

A dying breast, that hath but only breath

To beg the wound, and strength to crave a death?

O that the pleased heav’ns would once dissolve

These fleshly fetters, that so fast involve

My hamper’d soul; then would my soul be blest

From all those ills, and wrap her thoughts in rest!