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bird of Thrace which doth bewail her rape,

And murthered Itys eaten by his sire,

When she her woes in doleful tunes doth shape,

She sets her breast against a thorny briar;

Because care-charmer sleep should not disturb

The tragic tale which to the night she tells,

She doth her rest and quietness thus curb

Amongst the groves where secret silence dwells:

Even so I wake, and waking wail all night;

Chloris' unkindness slumbers doth expel;

I need not thorn's sweet sleep to put to flight,

Her cruelty my golden rest doth quell,

That day and night to me are always one,

Consumed in woe, in tears, in sighs and moan.