Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume V. Nature. 1904. | | | | II. Light: Day: Night | | “Pack clouds away” | | Thomas Heywood (c. 1570–1641) |
| | | PACK clouds away, and welcome day, | |
| With night we banish sorrow; | |
| Sweet air, blow soft; mount, lark, aloft, | |
| To give my love good morrow. | |
| Wings from the wind to please her mind, | 5 |
| Notes from the lark I ’ll borrow: | |
| Bird, prune thy wing; nightingale, sing, | |
| To give my love good morrow. | |
| To give my love good morrow, | |
| Notes from them all I ’ll borrow. | 10 |
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| Wake from thy nest, robin redbreast, | |
| Sing, birds, in every furrow; | |
| And from each hill let music shrill | |
| Give my fair love good morrow. | |
| Blackbird and thrush in every bush, | 15 |
| Stare, linnet, and cock-sparrow, | |
| You petty elves, amongst yourselves, | |
| Sing my fair love good morrow. | |
| To give my love good morrow, | |
| Sing, birds, in every furrow. | 20 | | | |
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