| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Astrophel and Stella | | LXXXII. Nymph of the garden! where all beauties be | | Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586) |
| | | NYMPH of the garden! where all beauties be; | |
| Beauties which do in excellency surpass | |
| His, who till death lookt in a wat’ry glass; | |
| Or hers, whom naked the Trojan boy did see. | |
| Sweet garden nymph! which keeps the cherry tree, | 5 |
| Whose fruit doth far th’Hesperian taste surpass: | |
| Most sweet fair! most fair sweet! do not, alas, | |
| From coming near those cherries, banish me! | |
| For though full of desire, empty of wit, | |
| Admitted late by your best gracèd grace; | 10 |
| I caught at one of them a hungry bite: | |
| Pardon that fault! Once more grant me the place; | |
| And I do swear even by the same delight, | |
| I will but kiss, I never more will bite. | | | | |
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