| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Delia | | Sonnet X. O then love I, and draw this weary breath | | Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) |
| | | O THEN love I, and draw this weary breath | |
| For her, the cruel Fair; within whose brow, | |
| I, written find, the sentence of my death, | |
| In unkind letters, wrought, she cares not how! | |
| O thou that rul’st the confines of the night! | 5 |
| Laughter-loving Goddess! Worldly pleasures’ Queen! | |
| Intenerate that heart! that sets so light | |
| The truest love that ever yet was seen: | |
| And cause her leave to triumph, in this wise, | |
| Upon the prostrate spoil of that poor heart! | 10 |
| That serves a Trophy to her conquering eyes, | |
| And must their glory to the world impart. | |
| Once, let her know! sh’ hath done enough to prove me; | |
| And let her pity, if she cannot love me! | | | | |
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