Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.
CœliaSonnet XV. What is the Fair, to whom so long I plead?
William Percy (1575–1648)Echo.
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What is her face, so angel-like?
Then unto Saints in mind, Sh’is not unlike?
What may be hoped of one so evil nat’red?
O then my woes how shall I ope best?
Then She is flexible?
Fie, no, it is impossible!
About her straight then only our best!
How must I first her loves to me approve?
How if She say I may not kiss her?
For all her bobs I must them bear, or miss her?
Then will She yield at length to Love?
Even so! Even so! By N
Of thine honesty? I! Adieu!