| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| John Fletcher. 1579–1625 |
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| 215. Beauty Clear and Fair |
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| BEAUTY clear and fair, | |
| Where the air | |
| Rather like a perfume dwells; | |
| Where the violet and the rose | |
| Their blue veins and blush disclose, | 5 |
| And come to honour nothing else: | |
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| Where to live near | |
| And planted there | |
| Is to live, and still live new; | |
| Where to gain a favour is | 10 |
| More than light, perpetual bliss— | |
| Make me live by serving you! | |
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| Dear, again back recall | |
| To this light, | |
| A stranger to himself and all! | 15 |
| Both the wonder and the story | |
| Shall be yours, and eke the glory; | |
| I am your servant, and your thrall. | |
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