| Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–47). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Songs and Sonnets | | Description and Praise of his Love Geraldine |
| | | FROM Tuscane came my Lady’s worthy race; | |
| Fair Florence was sometime her 1 ancient seat. | |
| The western isle whose pleasant shore doth face | |
| Wild Camber’s cliffs, did give her lively heat. | |
| Foster’d she was with milk of Irish breast: | 5 |
| Her sire an Earl; her dame of Prince’s blood. | |
| From tender years, in Britain doth she rest, | |
| With Kinges child; where she tasteth costly food. | |
| Hunsdon did first present her to mine eyen: | |
| Bright is her hue, and Geraldine she hight. | 10 |
| Hampton me taught to wish her first for mine; | |
| And Windsor, alas! doth chase me from her sight. | |
| Her beauty of kind; her virtues from above; | |
| Happy is he that can obtain her love! | |
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