| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Delia | | Sonnet XXVII. Still in the trace of my tormented thought | | Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) |
| | [First printed in this edition.]
STILL in the trace of my tormented thought, | |
| My ceaseless cares must march on to my death. | |
| Thy least regard too dearly have I bought, | |
| Who, to my comfort, never deign’st a breath! | |
| Why should’st thou stop thine ears now to my cries? | 5 |
| Whose eyes were open, ready to oppress me! | |
| Why shutt’st thou not, the cause whence all did rise? | |
| Or hear me now, or seek how to redress me! | |
| Injurious D E L I A! Yet, I’ll love thee still! | |
| Whilst that I breathe in sorrow of my smart; | 10 |
| I’ll tell the world that I deserved but ill, | |
| And blame myself, for to excuse thy heart! | |
| Then judge! who sins the greater of us twain: | |
| I, in my love; or thou, in thy disdain! | | | | |
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