Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.
DeliaSonnet I. Vnto the boundless Ocean of thy beauty
Samuel Daniel (1562–1619)V
Runs this poor river, charged with streams of zeal;
Returning Thee, the tribute of my duty,
Which here my love, my youth, my plaints reveal.
Here, I unclasp the Book of my charged Soul;
Where I have cast th’accounts of all my care:
Here, have I summed my sighs. Here, I enrol
How they were spent for thee! Look! what they are!
Look on the dear expenses of my youth!
And see how just I reckon with thine eyes!
Examine well, thy beauty with my truth!
And cross my cares, ere greater sums arise!
Read it, Sweet Maid! though it be done but slightly:
Who can shew all his love, doth love but lightly.