John Dowland
ALL YE WHOM LOVE OF FORTUNE
All ye, whom Love of Fortune hath betray'd;
All ye, that dream of bliss but live in grief;
All ye, whose hopes are evermore delay'd
All ye, whose sighs or sickness want relief;
Lend ears and teares to me, most hapless man
That sings my sorrows like the dying swan
Care that consumes the heart with inward pain
Pain that presents sad care in outward view
Both tyrant-like enforce me to complain;
But still in vain:for none my plaints will rue
Teares, sighs and ceaseles s cries alone I spend:
My woe wants comfort , and my sorrow end