Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Katherine Philips ('Orinda'). 16311664397. To One persuading a Lady to Marriage
FORBEAR, bold youth; all ‘s heaven here, | |
And what you do aver | |
To others courtship may appear, | |
‘Tis sacrilege to her. | |
She is a public deity; | 5 |
And were ‘t not very odd | |
She should dispose herself to be | |
A petty household god? | |
First make the sun in private shine | |
And bid the world adieu, | 10 |
That so he may his beams confine | |
In compliment to you: | |
But if of that you do despair, | |
Think how you did amiss | |
To strive to fix her beams which are | 15 |
More bright and large than his. |