| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Delia | | Sonnet XLVIII. Drawn with th’attractive virtue of her eyes | | Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) |
| | This Sonnet was made at the Author’s being in Italy. |
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DRAWN with th’attractive virtue of her eyes, | |
| My touched heart turns it to that happy coast; | |
| My joyful North! where all my fortune lies, | |
| The level of my hopes desirèd most. | |
| There, where my D E L I A, fairer than the sun, | 5 |
| Decked with her youth, whereon the world doth smile, | |
| Joys in that honour, which her eyes have won: | |
| Th’eternal wonder of our happy isle. | |
| Flourish, fair Albion!, Glory of the North! | |
| NEPTUNE’s best darling! held between his arms: | 10 |
| Divided from the world, as better worth; | |
| Kept for himself, defended from all harms! | |
| Still let disarmèd peace deck her, and thee! | |
| And Muse-foe MARS, abroad far fostered be! | | | |
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