Daybreak

John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)



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.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 28, 2023

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Scheme AABBCD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 222
Words 44
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6

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