| 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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| 42. Song |
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| THE Lark now leaves his watry Nest | |
| And climbing, shakes his dewy Wings; | |
| He takes this Window for the East; | |
| And to implore your Light, he Sings, | |
| Awake, awake, the Morn will never rise, | 5 |
| Till she can dress her Beauty at your Eies. | |
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| The Merchant bowes unto the Seamans Star, | |
| The Ploughman from the Sun his Season takes; | |
| But still the Lover wonders what they are, | |
| Who look for day before his Mistress wakes. | 10 |
| Awake, awake, break through your Vailes of Lawne! | |
| Then draw your Curtains, and begin the Dawne. | |
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