T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
The Courtiers Good-morrow to His Mistris
By Thomas Ravenscroft (1592?1635?)(From Melismata, 1611) CANST thou love, and lie alone, | |
Love is so, love is so disgraced: | |
Pleasure is best, wherein is rest | |
In a heart embraced. | |
Rise, rise, rise | 5 |
Day-light do not burn out, | |
Bells do ring, | |
And Birds do sing, | |
Only I that mourn out. | |
Morning Star doth not appear, | 10 |
Wind is hushed, and skies clear: | |
Come, come away, come, come away, | |
Canst thou love and burn out day? | |
Rise, rise, rise, rise, | |
Day-light do not burn out, | 15 |
Bells do ring, | |
Birds do sing, | |
Only I that mourn out. | |