ROBERT HERRICK
TO DAFFODILS
R daffodils, we weep to see
You haste away so> soon ;
As yet the early-rising sun
Has not attained his noo>n.
Stay, stay,	5
Until the hasting day
Has run
But to the evensong;
And,  having prayed together,  we
Will go- with you along.	i®
We have short time to stay, as you,
We have as short a spring;
As quick a growth tx> meet decay,
As you, or anything.
We die,	15
As your hours do, and dry
Away,
Like to the summer's rain;
Or as the pearls of morning's dew
Ne'er to be found again.	20