| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Delia | | Sonnet XLVI. I must not grieve my love! whose eyes would read | | Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) |
| | | I MUST not grieve my love! whose eyes would read | |
| Lines of delight, whereon her youth might smile! | |
| Flowers have a time, before they come to seed; | |
| And she is young, and now must sport the while. | |
| Ah, sport! sweet Maid! in season of these years; | 5 |
| And learn to gather flowers before they wither! | |
| And where the sweetest blossom first appears; | |
| Let Love and Youth conduct thy pleasures thither! | |
| Lighten forth smiles! to clear the clouded air, | |
| And calm the tempest which my sighs do raise! | 10 |
| Pity and Smiles do best become the fair; | |
| Pity and Smiles shall yield thee lasting praise! | |
| I hope to say, when all my griefs are gone, | |
| “Happy the heart, that sighed for such a one!” | | | | |
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