| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907. | | | | Come Hither, You That Love | | By John Fletcher (1579–1625) |
| | | COME 1 hither, you that love, and hear me sing | |
| Of joys still growing, | |
| Green, fresh, and lusty as the pride of spring, | |
| And ever blowing. | |
| Come hither, youths that blush, and dare not know | 5 |
| What is desire; | |
| And old men, worse than you, that cannot blow | |
| One spark of fire; | |
| And with the power of my enchanting song, | |
| Boys shall be able men, and old men young. | 10 |
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| Come hither, you that hope, and you that cry; | |
| Leave off complaining; | |
| Youth, strength, and beauty, that shall never die, | |
| Are here remaining. | |
| Come hither, fools, and blush you stay so long | 15 |
| From being blest; | |
| And mad men, worse than you, that suffer wrong, | |
| Yet seek no rest; | |
| And in an hour, with my enchanting song, | |
| You shall be ever pleased, and young maids long. | 20 |
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