DEATH INVOKED

by: Philip Massinger

HY art thou slow, thou rest of trouble, Death,

To stop a wretch's breath,

That calls on thee, and offers her sad heart

A prey unto thy dart?

I am nor young nor fair; be, therefore, bold:

Sorrow hath made me old,

Deformed, and wrinkled; all that I can crave

Is quiet in my grave.

Such as live happy, hold long life a jewel;

But to me thou art cruel,

If thou end not my tedious misery

And I soon cease to be.

Strike, and strike home, then; pity unto me,

In one short hour's delay, is tyranny.

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