| John Donne (1572–1631). The Poems of John Donne. 1896. | | | | Songs and Sonnets | | Song: Soul’s joy, now I am gone |
| | | SOUL’S joy, now 1 I am gone, | |
| And you alone, | |
| —Which cannot be, | |
| Since I must leave myself with thee, | |
| And carry thee with me— | 5 |
| Yet when unto our eyes | |
| Absence denies | |
| Each other’s sight, | |
| And makes to us a constant night, | |
| When others change to light; | 10 |
| O give no way to grief, | |
| But let belief | |
| Of mutual love | |
| This wonder to the vulgar prove, | |
| Our bodies, not we move. | 15 |
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| Let not thy wit beweep | |
| Words 2 but sense deep; | |
| For when 3 we miss | |
| By distance our hope’s 4 joining bliss, | |
| Even then our souls shall kiss; | 20 |
| Fools have no means to meet, | |
| But by their feet; | |
| Why should our clay | |
| Over our spirits so much sway, | |
| To tie us to that way? | 25 |
| O give no way to grief, &c. 5 | |
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