| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907. | | | | Restore Thy Tresses | | By Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) |
| | | RESTORE thy tresses to the golden ore, | |
| Yield Cytherea’s son those arcs of love, | |
| Bequeath the heavens the stars that I adore, | |
| And to the orient do thy pearls remove, | |
| Yield thy hands’ pride unto the ivory white, | 5 |
| To Arabian odours give thy breathing sweet, | |
| Restore thy blush unto Aurora bright, | |
| To Thetis give the honour of thy feet; | |
| Let Venus have thy graces her resigned, | |
| And thy sweet voice give back unto the spheres; | 10 |
| But yet restore thy fierce and cruel mind | |
| To Hyrcan tigers and to ruthless bears; | |
| Yield to the marble thy hard heart again: | |
| So shalt thou cease to plague, and I to pain. | | | | |
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