To a Gentlewoman Who Was Extremely Troubled with the Tooth-Ach
I grieve and wonder so great pain
You should from one small tooth sustaine,
That you can neither eate nor drink,
Nor all the night scarce sleep a wink;
Yet to your comfort, this I'll say,
That to hell pains 'tis but a toy,
A pleasure, if compar'd it were
To what the damnèd suffer there.
If in one tooth such anguish lies,
What torments from that fire arise!
This in a night or two is past,
But that doth infinitely last:
In this one member akes, no more,
In that, all members o're and o're:
In this, the body doth but smart,
In that, the soul too bears her part.
Think then that this is all the hell
Which you shal feele, and you are wel.
You should from one small tooth sustaine,
That you can neither eate nor drink,
Nor all the night scarce sleep a wink;
Yet to your comfort, this I'll say,
That to hell pains 'tis but a toy,
A pleasure, if compar'd it were
To what the damnèd suffer there.
If in one tooth such anguish lies,
What torments from that fire arise!
This in a night or two is past,
But that doth infinitely last:
In this one member akes, no more,
In that, all members o're and o're:
In this, the body doth but smart,
In that, the soul too bears her part.
Think then that this is all the hell
Which you shal feele, and you are wel.
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