| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Delia | | Sonnet LII. Like as the lute, that joys or else dislikes | | Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) |
| | | LIKE as the lute, that joys or else dislikes, | |
| As is his art that plays upon the same: | |
| So sounds my Muse, according as she strikes | |
| On my heart strings, high tuned unto her fame. | |
| Her touch doth cause the warble of the sound, | 5 |
| Which here I yield in lamentable wise, | |
| A wailing “descant” on the sweetest “ground,” | |
| Whose due reports give honour to her eyes. | |
| Else harsh my style, untunable my Muse; | |
| Hoarse sounds the voice, that praiseth not her name! | 10 |
| If any pleasing relish here I use; | |
| Then judge, the world! her beauty gives the same. | |
| O happy “ground” that makes the music such! | |
| And blessèd hand that gives so sweet a touch! | | | | |
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