An old man, broken with the storms of state,

Is come to lay his weary bones among ye:

Give him a little earth for charity!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.

When we two parted

In silence and tears,

Half broken-hearted,

To sever for years.

Lord Byron 1788-1824: When we Two parted.

Had we never loved sae kindly,

Had we never loved sae blindly,

Never met or never parted,

We had ne'er been broken-hearted!

Robert Burns (1759-1796): Ae Fond Kiss.