186. Aspatia's Song. John Fletcher. 1909-14. English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray. The Harvard Classics

English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

186. Aspatia’s Song

John Fletcher (1579–1625)


LAY a garland on my hearse
Of the dismal yew;
Maidens, willow branches bear;
Say, I died true.

My love was false, but I was firm	5
From my hour of birth.
Upon my buried body lie
Lightly, gentle earth!