I'm not sure why Roman thinks "little death" is an Italian concept.
English literature through most of the 17th century is rife with it.
> It has to judged on a case by case basis.
Of course.
> It would ludicrous to take JD's
> "... down, down down fall, down, but arise I never shall!" as a sign of
> "erectyledisfunzione" (antispam spelling).
But "Sorrow, Stay" does not mention death:
Sorrow stay, lend true repentant teares,
To a woefull wretched wight,
Hence dispair with thy tormenting feares:
O doe not my poor heart affright,
Pitty, help now or neuer,
Mark me not to endlesse paine,
Alas I am condemned euer,
No hope, no help there doth remain,
But down, down, down, down I fall,
Down and arise I never shall.
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