| Herbert J.C. Grierson, ed. (1886–1960). Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of the 17th C. 1921. |
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| Richard Lovelace |
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46. To Lucasta
Going beyond the Seas |
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| IF to be absent were to be | |
| Away from thee; | |
| Or that when I am gone, | |
| You or I were alone; | |
| Then my Lucasta might I crave | 5 |
| Pity from blustring winde, or swallowing wave. | |
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| But I'le not sigh one blast or gale | |
| To swell my saile, | |
| Or pay a teare to swage | |
| The foaming blew-Gods rage; | 10 |
| For whether he will let me passe | |
| Or no, I'm still as happy as I was. | |
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| Though Seas and Land be 'twixt us both, | |
| Our Faith and Troth, | |
| Like separated soules, | 15 |
| All time and space controules: | |
| Above the highest sphere wee meet | |
| Unseene, unknowne, and greet as Angels greet. | |
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| So then we doe anticipate | |
| Our after-fate, | 20 |
| And are alive i' th' skies | |
| If thus our lips and eyes | |
| Can speake like spirits unconfin'd | |
| In Heav'n, their earthy bodies left behind. | |
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