O Death, O Death, rock me asleep, <br />Bring me to quiet rest; <br />Let pass my weary guiltless ghost <br />Out of my careful breast. <br />Toll on, thou passing bell; <br />Ring out my doleful knell; <br />Thy sound my death abroad will tell, <br />For I must die, <br />There is no remedy. <br /> <br />My pains, my pains, who can express? <br />Alas, they are so strong! <br />My dolours will not suffer strength <br />My life for to prolong. <br />Toll on, thou passing bell; <br />Ring out my doleful knell; <br />Thy sound my death abroad will tell, <br />For I must die, <br />There is no remedy. <br /> <br />Alone, alone in prison strong <br />I wail my destiny: <br />Woe worth this cruel hap that I <br />Must taste this misery! <br />Toll on, thou passing bell; <br />Ring out my doleful knell; <br />Thy sound my death abroad will tell, <br />For I must die, <br />There is no remedy. <br /> <br />Farewell, farewell, my pleasures past! <br />Welcome, my present pain! <br />I feel my torment so increase <br />That life cannot remain. <br />Cease now, thou passing bell, <br />Ring out my doleful knoll, <br />For thou my death dost tell: <br />Lord, pity thou my soul! <br />Death doth draw nigh, <br />Sound dolefully: <br />For now I die, <br />I die, I die.<br /><br />Anonymous<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/o-death-o-death-rock-me-asleep/
