The Harmony of the muses, or, The gentlemans and ladies choisest recreation full of various, pure and transcendent wit : containing severall excellent poems, some fancies of love, some of disdain, and all the subjects incident to the passionate affections either of men or women
R. C., Donne, John, 1572-1631., King, Henry, 1592-1669., Strode, William, 1600 or 1601-1645.
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To her again.
HOw far? how long am I, and shall I be
From that sweet soul, whose looks doe
feed mine eye?
How far? how long shal she be kept from me,
In whom, with whom, to whom I live and dy?
For place, I take each step a mile to be,
For time each hour doth seem a year to me.
Methinks the Sun doth greater leisure take,
Then he was wont, to linger out the day,
Methinks he goes, as if his legs did ake,
And time it self doth make no haste away,
If I might rule the Chariot of the Sun,
I would be bound to make it night at noon.
But be I far; or be I long from thee,
I am thine own, and thine alone my dear,
No •ime, no place shall change or alter me,
Though steps were miles, & every hour a year;
Perswade thy self that I am with thee still,
Though I be here, in part, against my will▪
