| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Amoretti and Epithalamion | | Sonnet IV. New year, forth looking out of Janus’ gate | | Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599) |
| | | NEW year, forth looking out of Janus’ gate, | |
| Doth seem to promise hope of new delight: | |
| And, bidding th’ old Adieu, his passed date | |
| Bids all old thoughts to die in dumpish spright; | |
| And, calling forth out of sad winter’s night | 5 |
| Fresh Love, that long hath slept in cheerless bower, | |
| Wills him awake, and soon about him dight | |
| His wanton wings and darts of deadly power. | |
| For lusty Spring now in his timely hour | |
| Is ready to come forth, him to receive; | 10 |
| And warns the earth with divers-coloured flower | |
| To deck herself, and her fair mantle weave. | |
| Then you, fair flower! in whom fresh youth doth reign, | |
| Prepare yourself new love to entertain. | | | | |
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