O, that joy so soon should waste!
Or so sweet a bliss
As a kiss
Might not for ever last!
So sugared, so melting, so soft, so delicious,
The dew that lies on roses,
When the Morn herself discloses,
Is not so precious.
O, rather than I would it smother,
Were I to taste such another,
It should be my wishing
That I might die kissing.
More verses by Ben Jonson
- A Hymn On The Nativity Of My Saviour
- The Triumph Of Charis
- Song: To Cynthia
- Porth Ceiriad Bay
- In The Ember Days Of My Last Free Summer