| Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845. | | | | Sonet XC | | XI. Henry Lok |
| | From the “Second Centurie”
ON sweete and sauorie bread of wholesome kinde, | |
| Which in thy word thou offrest store to me, | |
| To feed vpon the flesh doth lothing finde, | |
| And leaues to leane, O Lord, alone on thee: | |
| The leauen of the Pharisees will bee | 5 |
| The surfet of my soule, and death in fine, | |
| Which, coueting to tast forbidden tree, | |
| To carnall rules and reasons doth incline. | |
| So lauishly my lusts do tast the wine | |
| Which sowrest grapes of sin filles in my cup, | 10 |
| That, lo, my teeth now set on edge I pine, | |
| Not able wholesome food to swallow vp, | |
| Vnlesse thou mend my tast, and hart doest frame | |
| To loue thy lawes, and praise thy holy name. | | | | |
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