My care is like my shadow, Laid bare beneath the sun, It follows me at all times, And flies when I pursue it, I freeze and yet am always burned, Since from myself I turn, I love and yet am forced to hate, I seem stark mute, Inside I prate.
My care is like my shadow, Laid bare beneath the sun, It follows me at all times, And flies when I pursue it.
I love and yet am forced to hate, I seem stark mute , Inside I prate, Some gentler love doth ease itself Into my heart and mind, For I am soft and made of snow, Love be more cruel or so be kind.
(Based on a poem «ON MONSIEUR'S DEPARTURE» by Elizabeth I, Queen of England)