| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Zepheria | | Canzon 15. Ne’er were the silvery wings of my Desire | | Anonymous |
| | | NE’ER were the silvery wings of my Desire | |
| Tainted with thought of black impurity! | |
| The modest blush that did my cheeks attire, | |
| Was to thy virgin fears, statute security! | |
| When to a favour’s sweet promotion | 5 |
| My joyless thoughts, thou hast advancèd higher! | |
| O then sigh’s sacrifice of my love’s devotion | |
| I sent, repurified in holy fire! | |
| My fears, how oft have I ingeminated! | |
| (O black recite of passèd misery!) | 10 |
| Thy heart for to entender! they have intimated | |
| (Besides what thou hast seen!) what I have suffered for thee! | |
| But see! since eyes were aliens to thy beauty, | |
| I sing mine own faith, and neglect love’s duty! | | | | |
|
|
