Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
I. AdmirationO, do not wanton with those eyes
Ben Jonson (15721637)O,
Lest I be sick with seeing;
Nor cast them down, but let them rise,
Lest shame destroy their being.
For then their threats will kill me;
Nor look too kind on my desires,
For then my hopes will spill me.
For so will sorrow slay me;
Nor spread them as distract with fears;
Mine now enough betray me.