| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
| |
| William Shakespeare. 1564–1616 |
| |
143. Orpheus
? or John Fletcher. |
| |
| ORPHEUS with his lute made trees | |
| And the mountain tops that freeze | |
| Bow themselves when he did sing: | |
| To his music plants and flowers | |
| Ever sprung; as sun and showers | 5 |
| There had made a lasting spring. | |
| |
| Every thing that heard him play, | |
| Even the billows of the sea, | |
| Hung their heads and then lay by. | |
| In sweet music is such art, | 10 |
| Killing care and grief of heart | |
| Fall asleep, or hearing, die. | |
|
|
