Edmund Waller(1606–1687)
Song ("Go, lovely rose!")
G o , lovely rose!
Tell h e r t h a t w a s t e s h e r t i m e a n d m e
T h a t n o w s h e k n o w s ,
W h e n I r e s e m b l e 0 h e r to t h e e ,liken
H o w s w e e t a n d fair s h e s e e m s t o be.
T e l l h e r that's y o u n g ,
A n d s h u n s t o have h e r g r a c e s spied,
T h a t h a d s t t h o u s p r u n g
I n deserts, w h e r e n o m e n abide,
Thou must have uncommended died.
S m a l l is t h e w o r t h
O f b e a u t y f r o m t h e light retired;
Bid h e r c o m e forth,
S u f f e r h e r s e l f t o b e desired,
A n d n o t b l u s h so to be a d m i r e d .
T h e n die! that s h e
T h e c o m m o n fate o f all t h i n g s rare
M a y read i n t h e e ;
H o w small a part of t i m e t h e y share
T h a t are so w o n d r o u s s w e e t a n d fair!