A FEMALE I BY NAME
A female I by name
Am sister to a brother:
In all the world may not be found
Our like, nor one nor other.
For he no sooner dies
But I straightways do live:
And I oft yielding unto death
Still life to him do give.
Oft after him I hie
And gladly would him stay:
But he than arrow from the bow
More swiftly flies away.
Straightways he follows me,
My presence to attain:
And as he fled from me before,
I fly from him again.
Though strange our state doth seem,
By proof ye may it try
That both of us are still alive,
Yet both do daily die.
That ye may better know
What strangers great we be,
We day and night do dine and sup
With men of each degree.
A female I by name
Am sister to a brother:
In all the world may not be found
Our like, nor one nor other.
For he no sooner dies
But I straightways do live:
And I oft yielding unto death
Still life to him do give.
Oft after him I hie
And gladly would him stay:
But he than arrow from the bow
More swiftly flies away.
Straightways he follows me,
My presence to attain:
And as he fled from me before,
I fly from him again.
Though strange our state doth seem,
By proof ye may it try
That both of us are still alive,
Yet both do daily die.
That ye may better know
What strangers great we be,
We day and night do dine and sup
With men of each degree.