| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| William Alexander, Earl of Stirling. 1580?–1640 |
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| 221. Aurora |
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| O HAPPY Tithon! if thou know'st thy hap, | |
| And valuest thy wealth, as I my want, | |
| Then need'st thou not—which ah! I grieve to grant— | |
| Repine at Jove, lull'd in his leman's lap: | |
| That golden shower in which he did repose— | 5 |
| One dewy drop it stains | |
| Which thy Aurora rains | |
| Upon the rural plains, | |
| When from thy bed she passionately goes. | |
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| Then, waken'd with the music of the merles, | 10 |
| She not remembers Memnon when she mourns: | |
| That faithful flame which in her bosom burns | |
| From crystal conduits throws those liquid pearls: | |
| Sad from thy sight so soon to be removed, | |
| She so her grief delates. | 15 |
| —O favour'd by the fates | |
| Above the happiest states, | |
| Who art of one so worthy well-beloved! | |
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