| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Amoretti and Epithalamion | | Sonnet LII. So oft as homeward I from her depart | | Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599) |
| | | SO oft as homeward I from her depart, | |
| I go like one that, having lost the field, | |
| Is prisoner led away with heavy heart, | |
| Despoiled of warlike arms and knowen shield. | |
| So do I now myself a prisoner yield | 5 |
| To sorrow and to solitary pain; | |
| From presence of my dearest dear exiled, | |
| Long-while alone in languor to remain. | |
| There let no thought of joy, or pleasure vain, | |
| Dare to approach, that may my solace breed; | 10 |
| But sudden dumps, and dreary sad disdain | |
| Of all world’s gladness, more my torment feed. | |
| So I her absence will my penance make, | |
| That of her presence I my meed may take. | | | | |
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