Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
John Donne. 15731631195. Daybreak
STAY, O sweet and do not rise! | |
The light that shines comes from thine eyes; | |
The day breaks not: it is my heart, | |
Because that you and I must part. | |
Stay! or else my joys will die | 5 |
And perish in their infancy. |