| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | Lisetta’s Reply | | By Matthew Prior (1664–1721) |
| | | SURE, Chloe just, and Chloe fair, | |
| Deserves to be your only care; | |
| But, when you and she to-day | |
| Far into the wood did stray, | |
| And I happened to pass by, | 5 |
| Which way did you cast your eye? | |
| But, when your cares to her you sing, | |
| You dare not tell her whence they spring; | |
| Does it not more afflict your heart, | |
| That in those cares she bears a part? | 10 |
| When you the flowers for Chloe twine, | |
| Why do you to her garland join | |
| The meanest bud that falls from mine? | |
| Simplest of swains! the world may see | |
| Whom Chloe loves, and who loves me. | 15 | | | |
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