223. Of his Dear Son, Gervase. Sir John Beaumont. The Oxford Book of English Verse

Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.

Sir John Beaumont. 1583–1627

223. Of his Dear Son, Gervase

DEAR Lord, receive my son, whose winning love
To me was like a friendship, far above
The course of nature or his tender age;
Whose looks could all my bitter griefs assuage:
Let his pure soul, ordain'd seven years to be	5
In that frail body which was part of me,
Remain my pledge in Heaven, as sent to show
How to this port at every step I go.