William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907.
Silence in LoveSir Walter Raleigh (1554?1618)
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The merit of true passion,
With thinking that he feels no smart,
That sues for no compassion.
Than words, though ne’er so witty;
A beggar that is dumb, you know,
May challenge double pity.
My true, though secret passion:
He smarteth most that hides his smart,
And sues for no compassion.