Unknown Author - Lament for a Man Dear to Her lyrics

He roamed in search of refuge From d**h and now has died I want to know what happened, What wrongly took your life Were you sick with none to tend you, Or slain asleep at night? Or was your stroke of chance The desert's lethal strike? Wherever a young man roams The Fates in ambush lie Long did your every gain Come at hardship's price All things are murderous When you come to your Time What good that young men have Did you lack in your life? Disaster deafens you To questions that I cry I must steel myself for you Will never again reply Would that my heart could face Your d**h for a moment's time Would that the Fates had spared Your life instead of mine