Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | Delia | Sonnet XXVII. Still in the trace of my tormented thought | Samuel Daniel (15621619) |
| [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 deignst a breath! | |
Why shouldst thou stop thine ears now to my cries? | 5 |
Whose eyes were open, ready to oppress me! | |
Why shuttst 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, Ill love thee still! | |
Whilst that I breathe in sorrow of my smart; | 10 |
Ill 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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