| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Zepheria | | Canzon 16. How have I forfeited thy kind regard | | Anonymous |
| | | HOW have I forfeited thy kind regard, | |
| That thy disdain should thus enage thy brow! | |
| Which, whilom, was the scripture and the card | |
| Whereon thou made thy game, and sealed thy vow | |
| Which, whilom, thou, with laurel vatical, | 5 |
| Ennobled hast (high signal of renown!), | |
| Marrying my voice with thine, hast said withal, | |
| “Be thou alone, alonely thou, AMPHION!” | |
| O how hath black night welked up this day! | |
| My wasted hopes, why are they turned to graze | 10 |
| In pastures of despair? ZEPHERIA say, | |
| Wherein have I, on love committed trespass! | |
| O, if in justice, thou must needs acquit me, | |
| Reward me with thy love! Sweet, heal me with thy pity! | | | | |
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