A Parting Sigh

 When I am free

Where'er I do fly

I am beneath so far,

Mine soul does cry.

All is lost

Joy ephemeral

O gone is my bliss

With sorrow I do kiss

Your timorous being.

Disgorge my overflowing heart

As such can I never salvage

My efflorescent mind.

But then my blissful soul you prove

Pleasures and pain you move.

O pity me

If by constant tenderness

Ah! Cruel evening breeze

Which made me freeze!

Sorrow is my friend

Sleeping there at my end

Never wanting for a parting sigh

I fall and softly die.