| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Phillis | | Sonnet XXXIII. When first sweet Phillis, whom I must adore | | Thomas Lodge (1558–1625) |
| | | WHEN first sweet Phillis, whom I must adore, | |
| ’Gan with her beauties bless our wond’ring sky, | |
| The son of Rhea, from their fatal store | |
| Make all the gods to grace her majesty. | |
| Apollo first his golden rays among, | 5 |
| Did form the beauty of her bounteous eyes; | |
| He graced her with his sweet melodious song, | |
| And made her subject of his poesies. | |
| The warrior Mars bequeathed her fierce disdain, | |
| Venus her smile, and Phœbe all her fair, | 10 |
| Python his voice, and Ceres all her grain, | |
| The moon her locks and fingers did repair. | |
| Young Love, his bow, and Thetis gave her feet; | |
| Clio her praise, Pallas her science sweet. | | | | |
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