| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Joshua Sylvester. 1563–1618 |
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| 115. Ubique |
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| WERE I as base as is the lowly plain, | |
| And you, my Love, as high as heaven above, | |
| Yet should the thoughts of me, your humble swain, | |
| Ascend to heaven in honour of my love. | |
| Were I as high as heaven above the plain, | 5 |
| And you, my Love, as humble and as low | |
| As are the deepest bottoms of the main, | |
| Wheresoe'er you were, with you my love should go. | |
| Were you the earth, dear Love, and I the skies, | |
| My love should shine on you like to the Sun, | 10 |
| And look upon you with ten thousand eyes, | |
| Till heaven wax'd blind, and till the world were done. | |
| Wheresoe'er I am,—below, or else above you— | |
| Wheresoe'er you are, my heart shall truly love you. | |
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