| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| John Milton. 1608–1674 |
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314. From' Comus'
ii. Echo |
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| SWEET Echo, sweetest Nymph that liv'st unseen | |
| Within thy airy shell | |
| By slow Meander's margent green, | |
| And in the violet imbroider'd vale | |
| Where the love-lorn Nightingale | 5 |
| Nightly to thee her sad Song mourneth well. | |
| Canst thou not tell me of a gentle Pair | |
| That likest thy Narcissus are? | |
| O if thou have | |
| Hid them in som flowry Cave, | 10 |
| Tell me but where | |
| Sweet Queen of Parly, Daughter of the Sphear! | |
| So maist thou be translated to the skies, | |
| And give resounding grace to all Heav'ns Harmonies! | |
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