| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 12501900. |
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| John Donne. 15731631 |
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| 195. Daybreak |
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| 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. | |
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