On Himself (Ask me why I do not sing)
Ask me why I do not singTo the tension of the stringAs I did not long ago,When my numbers full did flow?Grief, ay, me! hath struck my luteAnd my tongue, at one time, mute.
Robert Herrick (1591-1674) (1591–1674)
Ask me why I do not singTo the tension of the stringAs I did not long ago,When my numbers full did flow?Grief, ay, me! hath struck my luteAnd my tongue, at one time, mute.