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Beauty Clear and Fair

John Fletcher (1579–1625)

Beauty clear and fair,
     Where the air
Rather like a perfume dwells;
      Where the violet and the rose
     Their blue veins and blush disclose,
And come to honour nothing else:

     Where to live near
     And planted there
Is to live, and still live new;
     Where to gain a favour is
     More than light, perpetual bliss—
Make me live by serving you!

Dear, again back recall
     To this light,
A stranger to himself and all!
     Both the wonder and the story
     Shall be yours, and eke the glory;
I am your servant, and your thrall.