| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Fidessa | | Sonnet XLVI. So soon as peeping Lucifer, Aurora’s star | | Bartholomew Griffin (d. 1602) |
| | | SO soon as peeping LUCIFER, AURORA’s star, | |
| The sky with golden periwigs doth spangle; | |
| So soon as PHŒBUS gives us light from far, | |
| So soon as fowler doth the bird entangle; | |
| Soon as the watchful bird, Clock of the Morn! | 5 |
| Gives intimation of the Day’s appearing; | |
| Soon as the jolly hunter winds his horn, | |
| His speech and voice with custom’s echo clearing; | |
| Soon as the hungry lion seeks his prey | |
| In solitary range of pathless mountains; | 10 |
| Soon as the passenger sets on his way, | |
| So soon as beasts resort unto the fountains; | |
| So soon mine eyes their office are discharging; | |
| And I, my griefs, with greater griefs enlarging! | | | | |
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