Sorrow, stay, lend true repentant tears
To a woeful wight
To a woeful wretched wight
Hence, Despair, with thy tormenting fears
Do not my poor heart
Do not my heart affright

In darkness let me dwell
The ground shall sorrow be
Roof despair to bar
All cheerful light from me

Walls of marble black
Moistened still
Moistened still shall weep
Music jarring sounds
Banish sleep
Banish friendly sleep

Sorrow, stay, lend true repentant tears
To a woeful wight
To a woeful wretched wight
Hence, Despair, with thy tormenting fears
Do not my poor heart
Do not my heart affright

In darkness let me dwell
The ground shall sorrow be
Roof despair to bar
All cheerful light from me

Walls of marble black
Moistened still
Moistened still shall weep
Music jarring sounds
Banish sleep
Banish friendly sleep

In darkness let me dwell
The ground shall sorrow be
Roof despair to bar
All cheerful light from me

Walls of marble black
Moistened still
Moistened still shall weep
Music jarring sounds
Banish sleep
Banish friendly sleep