| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Fidessa | | Sonnet XXXIII. He that would fain Fidessa’s image see | | Bartholomew Griffin (d. 1602) |
| | | HE that would fain FIDESSA’s image see, | |
| My face, of force, may be his looking-glass! | |
| There is she portrayed, and her cruelty! | |
| Which as a wonder, through the world must pass. | |
| But were I dead, she would not be betrayed. | 5 |
| It’s I, that ’gainst my will, shall make it known! | |
| Her cruelty by me, must be bewrayed: | |
| Or I must hide my head, and live alone. | |
| I’ll pluck my silver hairs from out my head, | |
| And wash away the wrinkles of my face! | 10 |
| Closely immured I’ll live, as I were dead, | |
| Before She suffer but the least disgrace! | |
| How can I hide that is already known? | |
| I have been seen, and have no face but one! | | | | |
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