Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900/Daybreak

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John Donne2728005Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900 — Daybreak1931Arthur Quiller-Couch
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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
And perish in their infancy.