| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Licia | | Sonnet XXVII. The crystal streams, wherein my Love did swim | | Giles Fletcher (1586?–1623) |
| | | THE CRYSTAL streams, wherein my Love did swim, | |
| Melted in tears, as partners of my woe; | |
| Her shine was such as did the fountain dim, | |
| The pearl-like fountain, whiter than the snow. | |
| Then, like perfume resolvèd with a heat, | 5 |
| The fountain smoked, as if it thought to burn. | |
| A wonder strange to see the cold so great, | |
| And yet the fountain into smoke to turn. | |
| I searched the cause, and found it to be this: | |
| She touched the water, and it burnt with love. | 10 |
| Now, by her means, it purchased hath that bliss | |
| Which all diseases quickly can remove. | |
| Then if, by you, these streams thus blessèd be: | |
| Sweet, grant me love; and be not worse to me! | | | | |
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