| Herbert J.C. Grierson, ed. (1886–1960). Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of the 17th C. 1921. |
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| John Donne |
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| 19. The Expiration |
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| SO, so, breake off this last lamenting kisse, | |
| Which sucks two soules, and vapors Both away, | |
| Turne thou ghost that way, and let mee turne this, | |
| And let our selves benight our happiest day, | |
| We ask'd none leave to love; nor will we owe | 5 |
| Any, so cheape a death, as saying, Goe; | |
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| Goe; and if that word have not quite kil'd thee, | |
| Ease mee with death, by bidding mee goe too. | |
| Oh, if it have, let my word worke on mee, | |
| And a just office on a murderer doe. | 10 |
| Except it be too late, to kill me so, | |
| Being double dead, going, and bidding, goe. | |
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