BRIDEGROOM none but death alone Has my Clearista won,

So to loose her virgin zone.

Yester eve the flutes blew sweet, Bridegroom and the bride to greet, And the bridal doors were beat.

Now at dawn they sound again,
But another sadder strain,
Hymen's song is hushed in pain;

And the torch that flared so gay,
Lighting up her bride's array,
Lit the dead her downward way.

PHOSPHOR, farewell, thou herald of the dawn, And, swiftly gone,

As Hesper come, and bring back her, I pray, Thou steal'st away.

O POUR the wine, and as you pour,
Say Heliodore, Heliodore,

Ever and ever, o'er and o'er.

And bring a chaplet for my hair,
Yesterday's chaplet, sweet with myrrh,
To wear in memory of her.

Ah, look, the lover's rose distrest,
Is weeping now to see her rest
Otherwhere, not upon my breast.

TEARS, bitter tears, all I can give,
Tears to the depths, to thee I pour,
To thee in Hades, Heliodore,
All of my love that there may live.

Tears, bitter tears, I pour to thee,
Tears of libation, wept above

Thy tomb, in memory of my love,
In memory of thy love to me.

Ah, with what sighs, with what tears shed, I, Meleager, mourn thy face,

To Acheron a bootless grace,
To me still dear among the dead.

Alas, my blossom, whither must
I seek thee now? Hades it is,

Hades hath snatched away my bliss,
And trod the perfect flower to dust.

Yet shall not tears disturb thy rest.
Rather, I pray thee, mother earth,
Our mother thou, who gav'st us birth,
To fold her gently to thy breast.

LOVE I cry, the truant love.
Now, but now at break of day,
Did he from his couch remove,
Spread his wings and fly away.

Ever-prattling is the child,
Sweetly-tearful, laughing-sly,
Quiver-girt, of spirit wild,

Swift of foot and swift to fly.

Who his father none can tell, Heaven and earth profess to me They are not responsible

For this brave; so says the sea.

All men hate him everywhere.
Look you well in every part,
Lest unseen he lay a snare,
Gentle hearer, for your heart.

Ah, the archer! there he lies,
Hid beneath my mistress' brow,

In the shadow of her eyes,
Darting at me even now.