Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Thomas Campion. 1567?1619172. Vobiscum est Iope
WHEN thou must home to shades of underground, | |
And there arrived, a new admirèd guest, | |
The beauteous spirits do engirt thee round, | |
White Iope, blithe Helen, and the rest, | |
To hear the stories of thy finish’d love | 5 |
From that smooth tongue whose music hell can move; | |
Then wilt thou speak of banqueting delights, | |
Of masques and revels which sweet youth did make, | |
Of tourneys and great challenges of knights, | |
And all these triumphs for thy beauty’s sake: | 10 |
When thou hast told these honours done to thee, | |
Then tell, O tell, how thou didst murder me! |