| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Phillis | | Sonnet XXVIII. Not causeless were you christened, gentle flowers | | Thomas Lodge (1558–1625) |
| | | NOT causeless were you christened, gentle flowers, | |
| The one of faith, the other fancy’s pride; | |
| For she who guides both faith and fancy’s power, | |
| In your fair colours wraps her ivory side. | |
| As one of you hath whiteness without stain, | 5 |
| So spotless is my love and never tainted; | |
| And as the other shadoweth faith again, | |
| Such is my lass, with no fond change acquainted. | |
| And as nor tyrant sun nor winter weather | |
| May ever change sweet amaranthus’ hue, | 10 |
| So she though love and fortune join together, | |
| Will never leave to be both fair and true. | |
| And should I leave thee there, thou pretty elf? | |
| Nay, first let Damon quite forget himself. | | | | |
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