Daybreak

by John Donne (1572–1631) English

Stay, O sweet and do not rise!
The light that shines comes from thine eyes;
The day breaks not: it is my heart,
Because that you and I must part.
Stay! or else my joys will die
And perish in their infancy.

Source: Bartleby.com (archived copy)

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