| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Sonnets after Astrophel, etc. | | Sonnet XI. Restore thy treasure to the golden ore! | | Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) |
| | | RESTORE thy treasure to the golden ore! | |
| Yield CYTHEREA’s son those arks of love! | |
| Bequeath the heavens, the stars that I adore! | |
| And to the Orient do thy pearls remove! | |
| Yield thy hands’ pride unto the ivory white! | 5 |
| To Arabian odour give thy breathing sweet! | |
| Restore thy blush unto AURORA bright! | |
| To THETIS give the honour of thy feet! | |
| Let VENUS have the graces she resigned! | |
| And thy sweet voice yield to HERMONIUS’ spheres! | 10 |
| But yet restore thy fierce and cruel mind | |
| To Hyrcan tigers and to ruthless bears! | |
| Yield to the marble thy hard heart again! | |
| So shall thou cease to plague, and I to pain. | | | | |
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