| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Licia | | Sonnet XII. I wish sometimes, although a worthless thing | | Giles Fletcher (1586?–1623) |
| | | I WISH sometimes, although a worthless thing, | |
| Spurred by ambition, glad for to aspire, | |
| Myself a Monarch, or some mighty King: | |
| And then my thoughts do wish for to be higher | |
| But when I view what winds the cedars toss, | 5 |
| What storms men feel that covet for renown; | |
| I blame myself that I have wished my loss: | |
| And scorn a Kingdom, though it give a Crown. | |
| A’ LICIA thou, the wonder of my thought, | |
| My heart’s content, procurer of my bliss; | 10 |
| For whom, a Crown I do esteem as nought: | |
| And Asia’s wealth, too mean to buy a kiss. | |
| Kiss me, sweet Love! this favour do for me; | |
| Then Crowns and Kingdoms shall I scorn for thee. | | | | |
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