Richard Jago (1715-1781). Absence. William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. 1909. The Book of Georgian Verse

William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909.

Absence

By Richard Jago (1715–1781)


WITH leaden foot Time creeps along
While Delia is away:
With her, nor plaintive was the song,
Nor tedious was the day.

Ah, envious Power! reverse my doom;	5
Now double thy career,
Strain every nerve, stretch every plume,
And rest them when she’s here!