IX.

_Break of Daye._

Stanza prefixed to Donne's Poem (p. 23) in Stowe MS. 961 and in Edition of 1669.

Probably by John Dowlands.

Stay, O sweet, and do not rise, The light that shines comes from thine eyes; The day breaks not, it is my heart, Because that you and I must part. Stay, or else my joys will die, 5 And perish in their infancie.

[Stanza _&c._] _given as a separate poem in A25_ (_where it is written in at the side_), _C_, _O'F_, _P_: _printed in John Dowland's_ A Pilgrim's Solace (1612)]

[1 Stay, O sweet] Lie still my dear _A25_, _C_]

[3 The day breakes not] There breakes not day _S96_]

[4 Because that] To think that _S96_]

[5 Stay] Oh stay _S96_]

APPENDIX C.

A SELECTION OF POEMS WHICH FREQUENTLY ACCOMPANY POEMS BY JOHN DONNE IN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS OR HAVE BEEN ASCRIBED TO DONNE BY MODERN EDITORS.