Stay
Time's Embrace: A Melodic Plea for Release
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Stay, time, awhile thy flying,
Expressing a plea for time to slow down, emphasizing a desire for a momentary pause in life to alleviate suffering and impending death.
Stay, time, awhile thy flying,
-Stay, time, awhile thy flying,
-Stay and pity me dying.
-For fate and friends have left me,
Conveying a sense of abandonment by fate and friends, highlighting the lack of comfort and support in the speaker's life.
And of comfort (has) bereft me.
-Come, come, close my eyes;
Requesting the closing of eyes, metaphorically suggesting a peaceful end through death as a preferable alternative to a distressed and painful existence.
Better to die blessed,
-Close my eyes, close my eyes,
-Come, come, close my eyes;
-Than to live thus distressed.
-Stay, time, awhile thy flying,
Reiterating the plea for time to stay, questioning whom the speaker can turn to when friends disdain them, and expressing a desire for time to bring an end to sorrow.
To whom shall I disdain me?
-When thus friends do I disdain me?
-'Tis time (that) must befriend me,
-Drown'd in sorrow, to end me.
-Come, come, close my eyes;
Repeating the plea to close the eyes, reinforcing the theme of choosing death over a troubled life for a blessed end.
Better to die blessed,
-Close my eyes, close my eyes,
-Come, come, close my eyes;
-Than to live thus distressed.
-Come, come, close my eyes;
Continuing the plea to close the eyes, emphasizing the idea that dying blessed is preferable to enduring ongoing distress.
Better to die blessed,
-Close my eyes, close my eyes,
-Come, come, close my eyes;
-Than to live thus distressed.
-Ah-eyes,
Introducing the word "Ah-eyes" as a poetic expression, reiterating the preference for a blessed death by closing the eyes.
Better to die blessed,
-Close my eyes, close my eyes.
-(Come, come, close my eyes;
Repeating the plea with slight variation, underscoring the consistent theme of choosing a blessed death over a distressed life.
Better to die blessed,
-Close my eyes, close my eyes,
-Come, come, close my eyes)
-Than to live thus distressed.
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