| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Diana | The Second Decade
Sonnet III. The Sun, his journey ending in the west | | Henry Constable (1562–1613) |
| | | THE SUN, his journey ending in the west, | |
| Taketh his lodging up in THETIS’ bed; | |
| Though from our eyes his beams be banished, | |
| Yet with his light the Antipodes be blest. | |
| Now when the sun-time brings my sun to rest, | 5 |
| (Which me too oft of rest hath hinderèd) | |
| And whiter skin with white sheet coverèd, | |
| And softer cheek doth on soft pillow rest, | |
| Then I (O sun of suns! and light of lights!) | |
| Wish me with those Antipodes to be, | 10 |
| Which see and feel thy beams and heat by nights. | |
| Well, though the night both cold and darksome is, | |
| Yet half the day’s delight the night grants me. | |
| I feel my sun’s heat, though his light I miss. | | | | |
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