| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Cœlia | | Sonnet XX. Receive these writs, my sweet and dearest Friend! | | William Percy (1575–1648) |
| | | RECEIVE these writs, my sweet and dearest Friend! | |
| The lively patterns of my lifeless body; | |
| Where thou shalt find in ebon pictures penned, | |
| How I was meek, but thou extremely bloody! | |
| I’ll walk forlorn along the willow shades, | 5 |
| Alone, complaining of a ruthless Dame: | |
| Where’er I pass, the rocks, the hills, the glades, | |
| In piteous yells shall sound her cruel name! | |
| There will I wail the lot that Fortune sent me, | |
| And make my moans unto the savage ears! | 10 |
| The remnant of the days which Nature lent me; | |
| I’ll spend them all, concealed, in ceaseless tears! | |
| Since unkind Fates permit me not t’enjoy her; | |
No more, burst eyes! I mean for to annoy her!
F I N I S. | | | | |
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