Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Abraham Cowley. 1618–1667351. Anacreontics 3. The Swallow
| FOOLISH prater, what dost thou | |
| So early at my window do? | |
| Cruel bird, thou’st ta’en away | |
| A dream out of my arms to-day; | |
| A dream that ne’er must equall’d be | 5 |
| By all that waking eyes may see. | |
| Thou this damage to repair | |
| Nothing half so sweet and fair, | |
| Nothing half so good, canst bring, | |
| Tho’ men say thou bring’st the Spring. | 10 |