The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2): Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous ManuscriptsDonne, John
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The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2): Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts
Donne, John
English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
And when thy melted maid,
Corrupted by thy Lover's gold, and page, 50
His letter at thy pillow'hath laid,
Disputed it, and tam'd thy rage,
And thou begin'st to thaw towards him, for this,
May my name step in, and hide his.
X.
And if this treason goe 55
To an overt act, and that thou write againe;
In superscribing, this name flow
Into thy fancy, from the pane.
So, in forgetting thou remembrest right,
And unaware to mee shalt write. 60
XI.
But glasse, and lines must bee,
No meanes our firme substantiall love to keepe;
Neere death inflicts this lethargie,
And this I murmure in my sleepe;
Impute this idle talke, to that I goe, 65
For dying men talke often so.
[A Valediction: Of _&c._ _D_, _H49:_ A Valediction of _&c._
_1633-69_, _H40_, _Lec_; Valediction of _&c._ _A18_, _N_,
_TCC_, _TCD:_ A Valediction of my name in the Glasse Window
_Cy:_ A Valediction to _&c._ _B:_ Valediction 4: of Glasse
_O'F:_ Valediction in Glasse _P:_ The Diamond and Glasse _S:_
Vpon the ingravinge of his name with a Diamonde in his mistris
windowe when he was to travel. _S96_ (_This is added to the
title in O'F._): _similarly, JC_]
[4 was; _Ed:_ was, _1633-69_]
[5 eye] eyes _A18_, _B_, _Cy_, _JC_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_,
_S96_, _TC_]
[8 I, _1633-54:_ I _1669_]
[12 am you.] see you. _1669_]
[14 accessaries _1633-69_, _O'F_, _S:_ accessary _A18_, _B_,
_Cy_, _D_, _H40_, _H49_, _JC_, _Lec_, _N_, _P_, _S96_, _TC_]
[15 tempests _1633_, _1669:_ tempest _1635-54_]
[19 Or, _Ed:_ Or _1633-69_]
[32 so. _1633-35:_ so, _1639-69_, _Chambers_. _See note_]
[34 flow _Ed:_ flow, _1633-69_]
[36 these _1633:_ those _1635-69_
have] had _1669_
supremacie: _1633-69:_ supremacie. _1650-69_. _See note_]
[37 So, _Ed:_ So _1633-69_]
[39 shut; _Ed:_ shut, _1633-69_]
[44 ope _1633-69_, _O'F_, _S96:_ out _A18_, _B_, _D_, _H40_,
_H49_, _JC_, _Lec_, _N_, _P_, _S_, _TC_]
[48 offendst] offends _1669_]
[50 and] or _1669_, _JC_, _O'F_, _S96_]
[52-3
Disputed thou it, and tame thy rage.
If thou to him begin'st to thaw for this,
_1669_]
[55 goe] growe _JC_, _O'F_, _S_]
[56 againe; _1633:_ againe: _1635-69_]
[57 this] my _1669_]
[58 pane. _1633:_ Pen, _1635-69_, _O'F_, _S_]
[60 unaware] unawares _B_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_, _S96_, _TC_]
[64 this] thus _1635-69_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_, _S96_]
_Twicknam garden._
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