Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume II. Love. 1904. | | | | I. Admiration | | Daybreak | | Sir William Davenant (1606–1668) |
| | | THE LARK now leaves his watery nest, | |
| And climbing shakes his dewy wings, | |
| He takes your window for the east, | |
| And to implore your light, he sings; | |
| Awake, awake, the morn will never rise, | 5 |
| Till she can dress her beauty at your eyes. | |
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| The merchant bows unto the seaman’s star, | |
| The ploughman from the sun his season takes; | |
| But still the lover wonders what they are, | |
| Who look for day before his mistress wakes: | 10 |
| Awake, awake, break through your veils of lawn! | |
| Then draw your curtains and begin the dawn. | | | | |
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