| Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916. | | | XXVI. Melancholy
From ‘The Knight of the Burning Pestle’ | | By Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) and John Fletcher (1579–1625) |
| | | COME you whose loves are dead, | |
| And, whiles I sing, | |
| Weep, and wring | |
| Every hand, and every head | |
| Bind with cypress and sad yew, | 5 |
| Ribands black and candles blue | |
| For him that was of men most true! | |
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| Come with heavy mourning, | |
| And on his grave | |
| Let him have | 10 |
| Sacrifice of sighs and groaning; | |
| Let him have fair flowers enow, | |
| White and purple, green and yellow, | |
| For him that was of men most true! | | | | |
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