Time & Brevity
Turn, Turn Thy Beauteous Face Away
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Time & Brevity
Turn, turn thy beauteous face away;
How pale and sickly looks the day,
In emulation of thy brighter beams!
Oh envious light, fly, fly, begone!
Come, night, and piece two breasts as one!
When what love does we will repeat in dreams.
Yet, thy eyes open, who can day hence fright?
Let but their lids fall, and it will be night.
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Fletcher, John. “Turn, Turn Thy Beauteous Face Away.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher_j/44/.
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Fletcher, John. “Turn, Turn Thy Beauteous Face Away.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher_j/44/.
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