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An Ode. 191 Euery thing did banish mone,

Saue the Nightingale alone.

Shee (poore Bird) as all forlorne,

Leand her Breast vp-till a Thorne,

And there sung the dolefulst Ditty,

That to heare it was great Pitty.

Fie, fie, fie, now would she cry

Teru Teru, by and by:

That to heare her so complaine.

Scarce I could from Teares refraine:

Por her griefes so liuely showne.

Made me thinke vpon mine owne.

Ah (thought I) thou mournst in vaine;

None takes Pitty on thy paine:

Senslesse Trees, they cannot heere thee;

Buthlesse Beares, they will not cheer thee.

King Pandion, hee is dead:

All thy friends are lapt in Lead.

All thy fellow Birds doe singe,

Carelesse of thy sorrowing.

Whilst as fickle Fortune smilde,

Thou and I, were both beguilde.

Euerie one that flatters thee,

Is no friend in miserie:

Words are easie, like the winde;

Faithfull friends are hard to finde:

Euerie man will bee thy friend,

Whilst thou hast wherewith to spend:

But if store of Crownes be scant,

No man will supply thy want.