| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Katherine Philips ('Orinda'). 1631–1664 |
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| 397. To One persuading a Lady to Marriage |
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| FORBEAR, bold youth; all 's heaven here, | |
| And what you do aver | |
| To others courtship may appear, | |
| 'Tis sacrilege to her. | |
| She is a public deity; | 5 |
| And were 't not very odd | |
| She should dispose herself to be | |
| A petty household god? | |
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| First make the sun in private shine | |
| And bid the world adieu, | 10 |
| That so he may his beams confine | |
| In compliment to you: | |
| But if of that you do despair, | |
| Think how you did amiss | |
| To strive to fix her beams which are | 15 |
| More bright and large than his. | |
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