Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
William Drummond, of Hawthornden. 15851649231. Change should breed Change
NEW doth the sun appear, | |
The mountains’ snows decay, | |
Crown’d with frail flowers forth comes the baby year. | |
My soul, time posts away; | |
And thou yet in that frost | 5 |
Which flower and fruit hath lost, | |
As if all here immortal were, dost stay. | |
For shame! thy powers awake, | |
Look to that Heaven which never night makes black, | |
And there at that immortal sun’s bright rays, | 10 |
Deck thee with flowers which fear not rage of days! |