| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Zepheria | | Canzon 28. When clear hath been thy brow, and free from wrinkle | | Anonymous |
| | | WHEN clear hath been thy brow, and free from wrinkle, | |
| (Thy smoothèd brow, my soul’s sole hierarchy!) | |
| When sweetly hath appeared in cheek the dimple, | |
| There LOVE enthroned sways powerful monarchy! | |
| Glad have I, then, rich statues to his deity | 5 |
| Erected. Then, have I his altar hallowed! | |
| His rights, I held, with high solemnity! | |
| His Trophy decked, and it with rosebuds strewed! | |
| I kissed thy cheek! Then thou, with gold artillery, | |
| Hast him engirt, tasselled with purple twine, | 10 |
| (Featly contrived to hang his quiver by) | |
| Besides a crimson scarf to veil his eyne: | |
| But, see! No sooner was he gay apparelled, | |
| But that, false Boy! away from us he fled! | | | | |
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