| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | Love in Thy Youth | | By Walter Porter (1595?–1659) |
| | | LOVE 1 in thy youth, fair maid; be wise | |
| Old Time will make thee colder, | |
| And though each morning new arise | |
| Yet we each day grow older. | |
| Thou as heaven art fair and young, | 5 |
| Thine eyes like twin stars shining: | |
| But ere another day be sprung, | |
| All these will be declining; | |
| Then winter comes with all his fears, | |
| And all thy sweets shall borrow; | 10 |
| Too late then wilt thou shower thy tears, | |
| And I too late shall sorrow. | |
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