Tyr'd with all these for restfull death I cry
As to behold desert a begger borne,
And needie Nothing trimd in jollitie,
And purest faith unhapply forsworne,
And gilded honor shamefully misplast,
And maiden vertue rudely strumpeted,
And right perfection wrongfully disgrac'd,
And strength by limping sway disabled,
And arte made tung-tide by authoritie,
And Folly (Doctor-like) controuling skill,
And simple-Truth miscalde Simplicitie,
And captive-good attending Captaine ill.
Tyr'd with all these, from these would I be gone,
Save that to dye, I leave my love alone.
The poem as a whole lists those things that make life intolerable, which encourage the poet to wish for death.
In the final couplet, the poet claims that the only reason he wishes to stay alive is for the sake of his beloved.