| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Fidessa | | Sonnet XXIII. Fly to her heart! Hover about her heart! | | Bartholomew Griffin (d. 1602) |
| | | FLY to her heart! Hover about her heart! | |
| With dainty kisses, mollify her heart! | |
| Pierce with thy arrows, her obdurate heart! | |
| With sweet allurements ever move her heart! | |
| At midday and at midnight, touch her heart! | 5 |
| Be lurking closely, nestle about her heart! | |
| With power (thou art a god!) command her heart! | |
| Kindle thy coals of love about her heart! | |
| Yea, even into thyself, transform her heart! | |
| Ah, she must love! Be sure thou have her heart! | 10 |
| And I must die, if thou have not her heart! | |
| Thy bed (if thou rest well) must be her heart! | |
| He hath the best part sure, that hath her heart, | |
| What have I not? if I have but her heart! | | | | |
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