| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Zepheria | | Canzon 3. When, from the tower whence I derive love’s heaven | | Anonymous |
| | | WHEN, from the tower whence I derive love’s heaven, | |
| Mine eyes (quick pursuivants!) the sight attached | |
| Of Thee, all splendent! I, as out of sweaven, | |
| Myself ’gan rouse, like one from sleep awaked. | |
| Coveting eyes controlled my slowly gait, | 5 |
| And wood Desire to wing my feet for flight; | |
| Yet unresolved, Fear did with eyes debate, | |
| And said, “’Twas but tra[ns]lucence of the light!” | |
| But when approached, where Thou thy stand didst take! | |
| At gaze, I stood; like deer, when ’ghast, he spies | 10 |
| Some white in thick! Ah, then, the arrow strake | |
| Through mine heart! sent from thy tiller eyes. | |
| Dead in thine aim, Thou seized what ’longed to thee! | |
| Mine heart, ZEPHERIA! then, became thy fee! | | | | |
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