Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford

Doth sorrow fret thy soul?

Doth sorrow fret thy soul?      O direful sprite.
Doth pleasure feed thy heart? O blessed man.
Hast thou been happy once?  O heavy plight.
Are thy mishaps forepast?      O happy than (then)
Or hast thou bliss in eld?        O bliss too late:
But hast thou bliss in youth?    O sweet estate.
                                                                     E. of O.
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