Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.
ChlorisSonnet XLVIII. You that embrace enchanting Poesy
William Smith (fl. 1596)Y
Be gracious to perplexèd C
You that do feel Love’s proud authority,
Help me to sing my sighs and sad designs!
C
But, as thou oughtest, have commiseration.
I have enough anatomized and torn
My heart, thereof to make a pure oblation.
Likewise consider how thy C
Thy parts above each absolute perfection!
How he, of every precious thing deviseth,
To make thee Sovereign! Grant me then affection!
Else thus I prize thee, C
More hard than gold, or pearl, or precious stone.