“So long as I was in your sight
I was your heart, your soul, your treasure;
And evermore you sobb'd and sigh'd
Burning in flames beyond all measure:
--Three days endured your love to me,
And it was lost in other three!”

—  William Byrd

Poem: The Faithless Shepherdess http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-faithless-shepherdess/

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