Psalms 102:7

Psa 102:7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

Ver. 7. I watch ] I can as little sleep as eat, Psalms 102:4 . That nurse of nature, and sweet parenthesis of men’s griefs and cares, sleep, departeth from me,

Nec membris dat cura soporem.

And am as a sparrow ] That hath lost his mate, so have I mine associates, which is a sore loss, for optimum solatium sodalitium.