To Lucasta, Going Beyond the Seas


 * I.

IF to be absent were to be         Away from thee; Or that when I am gone, You or I were alone; Then my Lucasta might I crave Pity from blustring winde, or swallowing wave.


 * II.

But I'le not sigh one blast or gale To swell my saile, Or pay a teare to swage The foaming blew-Gods rage; For whether he will let me passe Or no, I'm still as happy as I was.


 * III.

Though Seas and Land betwixt us both, Our Faith and Troth, Like separated soules, All time and space controules: Above the highest sphere wee meet Unseene, unknowne, and greet as Angels greet.


 * IV.

So then we doe anticipate Our after-fate, And are alive i' th' skies, If thus our lips and eyes Can speake like spirits unconfin'd In Heav'n, their earthy bodies left behind.