| T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22. | | | | The Courtier’s Good-morrow to His Mistris | | By Thomas Ravenscroft (1592?–1635?) |
| | (From Melismata, 1611)
CANST thou love, and lie alone, | |
| Love is so, love is so disgraced: | |
| Pleasure is best, wherein is rest | |
| In a heart embraced. | |
| Rise, rise, rise | 5 |
| Day-light do not burn out, | |
| Bells do ring, | |
| And Birds do sing, | |
| Only I that mourn out. | |
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| Morning Star doth not appear, | 10 |
| Wind is hushed, and skies clear: | |
| Come, come away, come, come away, | |
| Canst thou love and burn out day? | |
| Rise, rise, rise, rise, | |
| Day-light do not burn out, | 15 |
| Bells do ring, | |
| Birds do sing, | |
| Only I that mourn out. | | | | |
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