| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Zepheria | | Canzon 14. Though like an exile from mine eyes divorced | | Anonymous |
| | | THOUGH like an exile from mine eyes divorced | |
| In solitary dungeon of Refuse | |
| I live, impatient that I live, perforced, | |
| From thee, dear object of mine eyes, a recluse. | |
| Yet that divine Idea of thy grace, | 5 |
| The life imagery of thy love’s sweet souvenance, | |
| Within mine heart shall reign in sovereign place; | |
| Nay, shall it ever portray other semblance? | |
| No! never shall that face, so fair depainted | |
| Within the love-limned tablet of mine heart, | 10 |
| Emblemished be! defaced! or unsainted! | |
| Till death shall blot it, with his pencil dart. | |
| Yet, then, in these limned lines ennobled more, | |
| Thou shalt survive, richer accomplished than before! | | | | |
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