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. Holy Sonnet 8. If faithful souls be alike glorified
2. Holy Sonnet 13. What if this present were the world's last night?
3. Love's Diet
4. Holy Sonnet 15. Wilt thou love God as he thee? then digest
5. Holy Sonnet 6. This is my play's last scene; here heavens appoint

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