- "Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire?
- "Why did the knees receive me, And why the breasts, that I should suck?
- "For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
- With kings and with counselors of the earth, Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;
- Or with princes who had gold, Who were filling their houses with silver.
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- "Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb?
- Why were there knees to receive me and breasts that I might be nursed?
- For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
- with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,
- with rulers who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
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