Madonna + 

Anguish and Mourning are as gold to her; + 

She weareth Pain upon her as a gem, + 

And on her head Grief like a diadem; + 

And as with frankincense and tropic myrrh + 

Her face is fragrant made with utter Woe; + 

And on her purple gorgeous garment’s hem + 

Madness and Death and all the ways of them + 

Emblazoned in strange carousal show. + 

Within her delicate face are all things met, + 

And all the sad years and the dolorous days + 

Are but as jewels round her forehead set, + 

Add but a little glory to her face, + 

A little languor to her half-clos’d eyes, + 

That smile so strangely under the far skies. + 