| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907. | | | | Dawn | | By John Ford (1586–c. 1640) |
| | | FLY 1 hence, shadows, that do keep | |
| Watchful sorrows charmed in sleep! | |
| Tho’ the eyes be overtaken, | |
| Yet the heart doth ever waken | |
| Thoughts chained up in busy snares | 5 |
| Of continual woes and cares: | |
| Love and griefs are so exprest | |
| As they rather sigh than rest. | |
| Fly hence, shadows, that do keep | |
| Watchful sorrows charmed in sleep. | 10 |
| | | Note 1. From The Lover’s Melancholy, act v. sc. 1; acted 1628. Printed 1629. [back] | | |
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