Daybreak

By John Donne

1573-1631


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.

DayPoems Poem No. 196
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