Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.
ChlorisSonnet XLV. When she was born, whom I entirely love
William Smith (fl. 1596)W
Th’ immortal gods, her birth-rites forth to grace,
Descending from their glorious seat above;
They did on her, these several virtues place:
First S
J
And S
M
V
L
D
And like a lamp in clearness she doth shine.
But M
No virtue gave; but a disdainful mind.