The Dew no more shall Weep. Not in the evening's eyes, When they red with weeping are Sits Sorrow with a face so fair: Sweetness so sad, sadness so sweet. 99 RICHARD CRASHAW. NATURE'S LESSONS. WITH all, as in some rare limned book, we see The woodbine, that we should our friendship hold; HENRY PEACHUM. O, NANNY, WILT THOU GO WITH ME? NANNY, wilt thou go with me, Nor sigh to leave the flaunting town? No longer deck'd with jewels rare, O, Nanny, when thou'rt far away, Extremes of hardship learn to bear, Where thou wert fairest of the fair? O, Nanny, wilt thou go with me? ΤΟΙ O, Nanny, canst thou love so true, Wilt thou assume the nurse's care, Where thou wert fairest of the fair? And when at last thy love shall die, Wilt thou receive his parting breath, THOMAS PERCY. AGE AND YOUTH. RABBED age and youth Age like winter weather; Age's breath is short, Youth is nimble, age is lame; Youth is hot and bold, Age is weak and cold; Youth is wild, and age is tame. Age, I do abhor thee, Youth, I do adore thee: O my love, my love is young; Age, I do defy thee; O sweet shepherd, hie thee, For methinks thou stay'st too long. SHAKSPEARE. AN ADIEU. LEAVE thee now, my spirit's love! Yet night will come! Thy bounding heart And oh! thy soul must learn to part But should we meet in darker years, When clouds have gathered round thy brow, How far more precious in thy tears, Than in thy glow of gladness now! Then come to me, thy wounded heart All-all thine own 'mid good and ill! |