| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| William Shakespeare. 1564–1616 |
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| 133. Sweet-and-Twenty |
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| O MISTRESS mine, where are you roaming? | |
| O, stay and hear! your true love 's coming, | |
| That can sing both high and low: | |
| Trip no further, pretty sweeting; | |
| Journeys end in lovers meeting, | 5 |
| Every wise man's son doth know. | |
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| What is love? 'tis not hereafter; | |
| Present mirth hath present laughter; | |
| What 's to come is still unsure: | |
| In delay there lies no plenty; | 10 |
| Then come kiss me, sweet-and-twenty! | |
| Youth 's a stuff will not endure. | |
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