| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907. | | | | Daphne | | By John Lyly (1555?–1606) |
| | | MY Daphne’s hair is twisted gold, | |
| Bright stars a-piece her eyes do hold, | |
| My Daphne’s brow enthrones the graces, | |
| My Daphne’s beauty stains all faces; | |
| On Daphne’s cheek grow rose and cherry, | 5 |
| On Daphne’s lip a sweeter berry; | |
| Daphne’s snowy hand but touched does melt, | |
| And then no heavenlier warmth is felt; | |
| My Daphne’s voice tunes all the spheres, | |
| My Daphne’s music charms all ears; | 10 |
| Fond am I thus to sing her praise, | |
| These glories now are turned to bays. | | | | |
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