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WHEREIN ARE INSERTED THE DESPAIRING VERSES OF THE DEAD SHEPHERD, TOGETHER

WITH OTHER INCIDENTS NOT LOOKED FOR

THE LAY OF CHRYSOSTOM

Since thou dost in thy cruelty desire

The ruthless rigour of thy tyranny

Froue, from land to land proclaimed,

The very Hell will I constrain to lend

This stricken breast of mine deep notes of woe

To serveutterance

And as I strive to body forth the tale

Of all I suffer, all that thou hast done,

Forth shall the dread voice roll, and bear along

Shreds froreater pain

Then listen, not to dulcet har by mad despair

Out of this boso in thine

The lion's roar, the fierce wolf's savage howl,

The horrid hissing of the scaly snake,

The aweso croak, the hollowwith the restless sea,

The wrathful bellow of the vanquished bull,

The plaintive sobbing of the ed dove,

The envied owl's sad note, the wail of woe

That rises froled in one sound, confusing sense,