Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.
DiellaSonnet VIII. Like to a falcon watching for a flight
Richard Linche (fl. 15961601)L
duly attending his desirèd game;
Have I oft watched and marked to have a sight
of thy fair face, exceeding niggard Fame!
Thine eyes, those seminaries of my grief!
have been more gladsome to my tirèd sprite,
Than naked savages receive relief
by comfort-bearing warmth of P
But when each part so glorious I had seen;
I trembled more than Autumn’s parchèd leaves!
Mine eyes were greedy whirlpools sucking in
that heavenly Fair, which me of rest bereaves.
Then as thy Beauty thus hath conquered me,
Fair! let relenting Pity conquer thee!