Poem by John Donne

Break of Day

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.

1. Temple
2. Oh My Blacke Soule! Now Thou Art Summoned
3. The Indifferent
4. Love’s Usury
5. Fall of a Wall

Print

2504 Views

Last Poems

To Russian version