| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | The Tears of Fancie | | Sonnet II. Long time I fought, and fiercely waged warre | | Thomas Watson (1555–1592) |
| | | LONG time I fought, and fiercely waged warre, | |
| Against the God of amarous Desire: | |
| Who sets the senses mongst themselues at iarre, | |
| The hart inflaming with his lustfull fire. | |
| The winged boy vpon his mothers knee, | 5 |
| Wantonlie playing neere to Paphos shrine: | |
| Scorning that I should checke his Deitie, | |
| VVhose dreaded power tam’d the gods diuine. | |
| From forth his quiuer drew the keenest dart, | |
| VVherewith high Ioue he oftentimes had wounded: | 10 |
| And fiercely aimd it at my stubborne hart, | |
| But backe againe the idle shaft rebounded. | |
| Loue saw and frownd, that he was so beguiled, | |
| I laught outright, and Venus sweetly smiled. | | | | |
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