Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Matthew Prior. 1664–1721426. The Lady who offers her Looking-Glass to Venus
| VENUS, take my votive glass: | |
| Since I am not what I was, | |
| What from this day I shall be, | |
| Venus, let me never see. |