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William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910.

Song: ‘See, see, she wakes, Sabina wakes!’

William Congreve (1670–1729)

SEE, see, she wakes, Sabina wakes!

And now the sun begins to rise;

Less glorious is the morn that breaks

From his bright beams, than her fair eyes.

With light united, day they give,

But different fates ere night fulfil;

How many by his warmth will live!

How many will her coldness kill!