| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Amoretti and Epithalamion | | Sonnet VII. Fair eyes! the mirror of my mazed heart | | Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599) |
| | | FAIR eyes! the mirror of my mazed heart, | |
| What wondrous virtue is contained in you, | |
| The which both life and death forth from you dart, | |
| Into the object of your mighty view? | |
| For, when ye mildly look with lovely hue, | 5 |
| Then is my soul with life and love inspired: | |
| But when ye lower, or look on me askew, | |
| Then do I die, as one with lightning fired. | |
| But, since that life is more than death desired, | |
| Look ever lovely, as becomes you best; | 10 |
| That your bright beams, of my weak eyes admired, | |
| May kindle living fire within my breast. | |
| Such life should be the honour of your light, | |
| Such death the sad ensample of your might. | | | | |
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