To Tirzah

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     Whate'er is born of mortal birth
     Must be consumèd with the earth,
     To rise from generation free:
     Then what have I to do with thee?
     The sexes sprung from shame and pride,
     Blow'd in the morn; in evening died;
     But Mercy chang'd death into sleep;
     The sexes rose to work and weep.
     Thou, Mother of my mortal part,
     With cruelty didst mould my heart,
     And with false self-deceiving tears
     Didst bind my nostrils, eyes, and ears;
     Didst close my tongue in senseless clay,
     And me to mortal life betray:
     The death of Jesus set me free:
     Then what have I to do with thee?