In darkness let me dwell; the ground shall sorrow be,
The roof despair, to bar all cheerful light from me;

The walls of marble black, that moist'ned still shall weep;
My music, hellish jarring sounds, to banish friendly sleep.
Thus, wedded to my woes, and bedded in my tomb,

O let me dying live, till death doth come, till death doth come.

In darkness let me dwell