| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Sir William Davenant. 1606–1668 |
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| 301. Aubade |
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| THE lark now leaves his wat'ry nest, | |
| And climbing shakes his dewy wings. | |
| He takes this window for the East, | |
| And to implore your light he sings— | |
| Awake, awake! the morn will never rise | 5 |
| Till she can dress her beauty at your eyes. | |
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| The merchant bows unto the seaman's star, | |
| The ploughman from the sun his season takes, | |
| But still the lover wonders what they are | |
| Who look for day before his mistress wakes. | 10 |
| Awake, awake! break thro' your veils of lawn! | |
| Then draw your curtains, and begin the dawn! | |
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