| Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916. | | | XXIII. Grief
Song: ‘Have pitty, Griefe: I can not pay’ | | By Peter Hausted (c. 1605–1644) |
| | | HAVE pitty, Griefe: I can not pay | |
| The tribute which I owe thee, teares; | |
| Alas those Fountaines are growne dry, | |
| And ’tis in vain to hope supply | |
| For others’ eyes; for each man beares | 5 |
| Enough about him of his owne | |
| To spend his stock of teares upon: | |
| Wooe then the heavens, gentle Love, | |
| To melt a Cloud for my reliefe, | |
| Or wooe the Deepe or wooe the Grave, | 10 |
| Wooe what thou wilt so I may have | |
| Wherewith to pay my debt, for Griefe | |
| Has vow’d, unlesse I quickly pay, | |
| To take both life and love away. | | | | |
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