| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Richard Lovelace. 1618–1658 |
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| 347. The Grasshopper |
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| O THOU that swing'st upon the waving hair | |
| Of some well-fillèd oaten beard, | |
| Drunk every night with a delicious tear | |
| Dropt thee from heaven, where thou wert rear'd! | |
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| The joys of earth and air are thine entire, | 5 |
| That with thy feet and wings dost hop and fly; | |
| And when thy poppy works, thou dost retire | |
| To thy carved acorn-bed to lie. | |
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| Up with the day, the Sun thou welcom'st then, | |
| Sport'st in the gilt plaits of his beams, | 10 |
| And all these merry days mak'st merry men, | |
| Thyself, and melancholy streams. | |
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