| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | The Tears of Fancie | | Sonnet III. Shee smild to see her sonne in such a rage | | Thomas Watson (1555–1592) |
| | | SHEE smild to see her sonne in such a rage, | |
| I laught to thinke how I had Loue preuented: | |
| He frownd and vowd nought should his ire asswage, | |
| Till I had stoopt to Loue, and loue repented. | |
| The more he rag’d the greater grew our laughter, | 5 |
| The more we laught the fiercer was his ire: | |
| And in his anger sware my poore harts slaughter, | |
| VVhich in my breast beautie should set on fire. | |
| Faire Venus seeing her deere sonne in chollar, | |
| Fearing mishap by his too hasty anger: | 10 |
| Perswaded him that shee would worke my dollor, | |
| And by her meanes procure my endles langor. | |
| So Loue and loues Queene (Loue hauing consented,) | |
| Agreed that I by Loue should be tormented. | | | | |
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