Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.
DiellaSonnet III. Swift-footed Time! look back! and here mark well
Richard Linche (fl. 1596–1601)S
those rare-shaped parts my pen shall now declare!
My Mistress’ snow-white Skin doth much excel
the pure soft wool Arcadian sheep do bear!
Her Hair exceeds gold forced in smallest wire,
in smaller threads than those A
Her Eyes are crystal fountains, yet dart fire
more glorious to behold than midday sun!
Her ivory Front, though soft as purest silk,
looks like the table of Olympic J
Her Cheeks are like ripe cherries laid in milk!
her alabaster Neck, the throne of L
Her other parts so far excel the rest,
That wanting words, they cannot be expressed!