| Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845. | | | | A Sonnet | | III. Edmund Spenser |
| | | MOST glorious Lord of lyfe! that, on this day, | |
| Didst make thy triumph over death and sin; | |
| And, having harrow’d hell, didst bring away | |
| Captivity thence captive, us to win: | |
| This ioyous day, deare Lord, with ioy begin; | 5 |
| And grant that we, for whom thou diddest dy, | |
| Being with thy deare blood clene washt from sin, | |
| May live for ever in felicity! | |
| And that thy love we weighing worthily | |
| May likewise love thee for the same againe | 10 |
| And for thy sake, that all lyke deare didst buy, | |
| With love may one another entertayne! | |
| So let us love, deare Love, lyke as we ought: | |
| Love is the lesson which the Lord us taught. | | | | |
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