Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Sir Walter Scott. 1771–1832544. Lucy Ashton’s Song
| LOOK not thou on beauty’s charming; | |
| Sit thou still when kings are arming; | |
| Taste not when the wine-cup glistens; | |
| Speak not when the people listens; | |
| Stop thine ear against the singer; | 5 |
| From the red gold keep thy finger; | |
| Vacant heart and hand and eye, | |
| Easy live and quiet die. |