| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Zepheria | | Canzon 32. Nature, I find, doth, once a year, hold market! | | Anonymous |
| | | NATURE, I find, doth, once a year, hold market! | |
| A gaudy fair of brooches and of babies; | |
| And bounteously to all doth She impart it, | |
| Yet chiefly to true Lovers, and fair Ladies. | |
| There, may you see her dappart Com’nalty | 5 |
| Clad, some in purple, some in scarlet dye; | |
| Whiles she (rich Queen!), in all her royalty, | |
| Commands them spread their chaffer to the eye. | |
| The buyer pays no impost, nor no fees; | |
| But rather to invite with wealthier pleasure, | 10 |
| She booths her fair with shade of broad-branched trees, | |
| Wherein (good Queen!) her care doth match her treasure. | |
| With wealth of more cost, Nature doth Thee beautify! | |
| Save, careless, she hath left no shelter ’gainst thine eye! | | | | |
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