Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
John Donne. 1573–1631195. Daybreak
| STAY, O sweet and do not rise! | |
| The light that shines comes from thine eyes; | |
| The day breaks not: it is my heart, | |
| Because that you and I must part. | |
| Stay! or else my joys will die | 5 |
| And perish in their infancy. |