Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Sir William Davenant. 16061668301. Aubade
THE lark now leaves his wat’ry nest, | |
And climbing shakes his dewy wings. | |
He takes this window for the East, | |
And to implore your light he sings— | |
Awake, awake! the morn will never rise | 5 |
Till she can dress her beauty at your eyes. | |
The merchant bows unto the seaman’s star, | |
The ploughman from the sun his season takes, | |
But still the lover wonders what they are | |
Who look for day before his mistress wakes. | 10 |
Awake, awake! break thro’ your veils of lawn! | |
Then draw your curtains, and begin the dawn! |