Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Abraham Cowley. 16181667351. Anacreontics 3. The Swallow
FOOLISH prater, what dost thou | |
So early at my window do? | |
Cruel bird, thou’st ta’en away | |
A dream out of my arms to-day; | |
A dream that ne’er must equall’d be | 5 |
By all that waking eyes may see. | |
Thou this damage to repair | |
Nothing half so sweet and fair, | |
Nothing half so good, canst bring, | |
Tho’ men say thou bring’st the Spring. | 10 |