| Herbert J.C. Grierson, ed. (1886–1960). Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of the 17th C. 1921. |
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| Sir William Davenant |
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| 132. To the Queen, entertain'd at night by the Countess of Anglesey |
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| FAIRE as unshaded Light; or as the Day | |
| In its first birth, when all the Year was May; | |
| Sweet, as the Altars smoak, or as the new | |
| Unfolded Bud, sweld by the early dew; | |
| Smooth, as the face of waters first appear'd, | 5 |
| Ere Tides began to strive, or Winds were heard: | |
| Kind as the willing Saints, and calmer farre, | |
| Than in their sleeps forgiven Hermits are: | |
| You that are more, then our discreter feare | |
| Dares praise, with such full Art, what make you here? | 10 |
| Here, where the Summer is so little seen, | |
| That leaves (her cheapest wealth) scarce reach at green, | |
| You come, as if the silver Planet were | |
| Misled a while from her much injur'd Sphere, | |
| And t'ease the travailes of her beames to night, | 15 |
| In this small Lanthorn would contract her light. | |
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