The Apparition

John Donne

1572 to 1631

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Bath'd in a cold quicksilver sweat wilt lye
When by thy scorne, O murdresse, I am dead,
Then thy sicke taper will begin to winke,
Then by my threatnings rest still innocent.
And he, whose thou art then, being tyr'd before,
Will, if thou stirre, or pinch to wake him, thinke
From all solicitation from mee,
I'had rather thou shouldst painfully repent,
Then shall my ghost come to thy bed,
Lest that preserve thee; and since my love is spent, 
And then poore Aspen wretch, neglected thou
Thou call'st for more,
And in false sleepe will from thee shrinke, 
What I will say, I will not tell thee now,
A veryer ghost then I;
And that thou thinkst thee free
And thee, fain'd vestall, in worse armes shall see;