| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | The Tears of Fancie | | Sonnet XXXIV. Why liue I wretch and see my ioyes decay | | Thomas Watson (1555–1592) |
| | | WHY liue I wretch and see my ioyes decay, | |
| VVhy liue I and no hope of loues aduancing: | |
| VVhy doe myne eies behold the sunnie day, | |
| VVhy liue I wretch in hope of better chancing. | |
| O wherefore tells my toung this dolefull tale, | 5 |
| That euery eare may heare my bitter plaint: | |
| VVas neuer hart that yet bemond my bale, | |
| VVhy liue I wretch my pangs in vaine to paint. | |
| VVhy striue I gainst the streame or gainst the hill, | |
| VVhy are my sorrowes buried in the dust: | 10 |
| VVhy doe I toile and loose my labour still, | |
| VVhy doe I feede on hope or bild on trust. | |
| Since hope had neuer hap and trust finds treason, | |
| VVhy liue I wretch disdainde and see no reason? | | | | |
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