| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | To Chloe Weeping | | By Matthew Prior (1664–1721) |
| | | SEE, whilst thou weep’st, fair Chloe, see | |
| The world in sympathy with thee. | |
| The cheerful birds no longer sing, | |
| Each drops his head, and hangs his wing. | |
| The clouds have bent their bosom lower, | 5 |
| And shed their sorrows in a shower. | |
| The brooks beyond their limits flow; | |
| And louder murmurs speak their woe. | |
| The nymphs and swains adopt thy cares: | |
| They heave thy sighs, and weep thy tears. | 10 |
| Fantastic nymph! that grief should move | |
| Thy heart, obdurate against love. | |
| Strange tears! whose power can soften all, | |
| But that dear breast on which they fall. | | | | |
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