| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Fidessa | | Sonnet LXII. Most true that I must fair Fidessa love | | Bartholomew Griffin (d. 1602) |
| | | MOST true that I must fair FIDESSA love. | |
| Most true that I fair FIDESSA cannot love. | |
| Most true that I do feel the pains of love. | |
| Most true that I am captive unto love. | |
| Most true that I deluded am with love. | 5 |
| Most true that I do find the sleights of love. | |
| Most true that nothing can procure her love. | |
| Most true that I must perish in my love. | |
| Most true that She contemns the God of love. | |
| Most true that he is snarèd with her love. | 10 |
| Most true that She would have me cease to love. | |
| Most true that She herself alone is Love. | |
| Most true that though She hated, I would love! | |
Most true that dearest life shall end with love.
B. GRIFFIN.
F I N I S.
Talis apud tales, talis sub tempore tali: Subque meo tali judice, talis ero. | | | | |
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