| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Zepheria | | Canzon 23. Thy coral-coloured lips, how should I portray | | Anonymous |
| | | THY coral-coloured lips, how should I portray | |
| Unto the unmatchable pattern of their sweet! | |
| A draught of blessedness I stole away | |
| From them, when last I kissed. I taste it yet! | |
| So did that sug’ry touch my lips ensucket. | 5 |
| On them, MINERVA’s honey birds do hive | |
| Mellifluous words; when so thou please to frame | |
| Thy speech to entertainment! Thence I derive | |
| My heart’s sole paradise, and my lips sweet game. | |
| Ye are the coral gates of Temple’s clarion, | 10 |
| Whereout the PYTHIUS preached divinity! | |
| Unto thy voice bequeathed the good ARION, | |
| His silvery lyre! Such Pæan melody | |
| Thy voice, the organ pipe of angels quire | |
| Trebles! Yet, one kiss; and I’ll raise them higher! | 15 | | | |
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