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 Americas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/o-death-o-death-rock-me-asleep-2/
