| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Cœlia | | Sonnet VII. If it be sin, so dearly for to love thee | | William Percy (1575–1648) |
| | | IF it be sin, so dearly for to love thee; | |
| Come bind my hands! I am thy prisoner! | |
| If yet a spark of pity may but move thee, | |
| First sit, upon the cause, Commissioner! | |
| The same, well heard, may wrest incontinent, | 5 |
| Two floods from forth those rocks of adamant; | |
| Which streaming down with force impatient | |
| May melt the breast of my fierce RHADAMANT. | |
| Dearest Cruel, the cause, I see dislikes thee! | |
| On us thy brows thou bends so direfully! | 10 |
| Enjoin me penance whatsoever likes thee; | |
| Whate’er it be, I’ll take it thankfully! | |
| Yet since, for love it is, I am thy Bondman; | |
| Good CŒLIA, use me like a Gentleman! | | | | |
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