The Funeral of Calamity

Calamity was laid on Sorrow’s hearse,
And coverings had of melancholy verse.
Compassion, a kind friend, did¹ mourning go,
And tears about the corpse as flowers strow.
A garland of deep sighs, by pity made,                        5
Upon Calamity’s sad corpse was laid;²
Bells of complaints did ring it to the grave;
Poets a monument of fame it gave.³

1. a kind friend, did] as kind friends, doth 1653
2. Upon Calamity’s sad corpse was laid;] On the sad Corps of Calamity laid. 1653
3. Poets a monument of fame it gave.] And history a monument of fame it gave. 1653