When by thy scorne, O murdresse, I am dead,
And that thou thinkst thee free
From all solicitation from mee,
Then shall my ghost come to thy bed,
And thee, fain'd vestall, in worse armes shall see;
Then thy sicke taper will begin to winke,
And he, whose thou art then, being tyr'd before,
Will, if thou stirre, or pinch to wake him, thinke
Thou call'st for more,
And in false sleepe will from thee shrinke,
And then poore Aspen wretch, neglected thou
Bath'd in a cold quicksilver sweat wilt lye
A veryer ghost then I;
What I will say, I will not tell thee now,
Lest that preserve thee'; and since my love is spent,
I'had rather thou shouldst painfully repent,
Then by my threatnings rest still innocent.
[The Apparition. 1633-69: do. or An Apparition. A18,
A25, B, Cy, D, H40, H49, Lec, N, O'F, P,
S, S96, TCC, TCD]
[2 that thou thinkst] thou shalt think 1669]
[3 solicitation] solicitations JC, O'F]
[5 thee, ... vestall, Ed: thee ... vestall 1633-39: thee
... Vestall 1650-69]
[7 then] 1669 omits]
[10 in false sleepe will from 1633, Cy, D, H49, Lec,
S: in false sleepe from 1635-54: in a false sleepe even
from 1669: in a false sleepe from A25, P: in a false
sleepe will from A18, N, TC]
[13 I;] I, 1633, some copies]
[17 rest still] keep thee A25, Cy, JC, O'F, P]