Sentence:  Some ſay that Rauens foſter forlorne children, / The whilſt their owne birds <WSD>famiſh</WSD> in their neſts: / Oh be to me though thy hard hart ſay no, / Nothing ſo kinde but ſomething pittiful. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger.