Sweet hours have perished here — The Womb

Sweet hours have perished here, ¹
This is a timid room－
Within it's precincts hopes have played
Now shadows in the tomb.

(F.1785/J.1767)

[1] Sweet hours:: having a good time in bed.
[2] timid room:: the womb.
[3] hopes:: new lives.
[4] shadows:: things unreal. tomb:: a place without life. shadows (or fallow) with tomb hints at womb for the ending -omb.