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Herbert J. C. Grierson (ed.), The Poems of John Donne, Vol. 1: The Text of the Poems with Appendixes
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⟨Ad Solem.⟩
- 1WHerfore peepſt thou, envious daye?
- Critical Apparatus2We can kiſſe without thee.
- 3Lovers hate the golden raye,
- 4 Which thou bearſt about thee.
- pg 4525Goe and give them light that ſorowe
- 6 Or the ſaylor flyinge:
- 7Our imbraces need noe morowe
- 8 Nor our bliſſes eying.
- Critical Apparatus9We ſhall curſe thy curyous eye
- 10 For thy ſoone betrayinge,
- 11And condemn thee for a ſpye
- 12 Yf thou catch us playinge.
- 13Gett thee gone and lend thy flaſhes
- 14 Where there's need of lendinge,
- 15Our affections are not aſhes
- 16 Nor our pleaſures endinge.
- 17Weare we cold or withered heare
- 18 We would ſtay thee by us,
- Critical Apparatus19Or but one anothers feare
- 20 Then thou ſhouldst not flye us.
- 21Wee are yongue, thou ſpoilst our pleaſure;
- 22 Goe to ſea and ſlumber,
- Critical Apparatus23Darknes only gives us leaſure
- 24 Our stolne joyes to number.
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⟨Ad Solem.⟩ Ed: no title, Add. MSS. 226o3, 33998, Egerton MS. 2013, Harleian MS. 791, S, TCD (II):printed J. Wilson: Cheerful Ayres (1659), Grosart and Chambers: text from Eg. MS. 2013: punctuation partly Editor's
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2 kiſſe] live E20
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9 curyous A22, A33, H79, S, TCD: envious E20
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19 one anothers feare TCD: one another fear E20: one anothers ſphere A22, A33, S
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23 gives] lends A22, A33