o christall teares, like to the morning showers,
& sweetly weepe into thy Ladies brest,
and as the deawes reuiue the dropping flowers,
so let your drops of pittie be adrest:
   To quicken vp the thoughts of my desert,
   which sleeps to sound whilst I from her depart.
ast haplesse sighs and let your burning breath
Dissolue the Ice of her indurate harte,
Whose frosen rigor like forgetfull death
Feels neuer any touch of my desarte:
   Yet sighs and teares to her I sacryfise,
   Both from a spotles hart and pacient eyes.
oolake, pärlendavad pisarad, kui hommikused vihmavood,
Ning ornalt puudutage mu armsama rinda.
Nii nagu kaste elu annab oitele, mis närbumas,
Nii lase teha oma halastuse pärleil:
   Et elustada motteid unelmast,
   Mis uinunud nii sügavalt, kui temast eemal olen.
ota kuulda minu onnetuid ohkeid ning lase oma tulisel hingusel
Sulatada jää tema kalgistunud südamest,
Sudamest, mis tardunud niisama unustavalt nagu surm,
Ning kunagi ei tunne ühtki ihaldavat puudutust:
   Ma siiski ohverdan nii pisarad kui ohked
   Nii puhtast südamest, kui kannatlikest silmadest.
John Dowland, 1597

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