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Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.

Chloris

Sonnet XXXII. My fixèd faith against oblivion fights

William Smith (fl. 1596)

MY fixèd faith against oblivion fights;

And I cannot forget her, pretty Elf!

Although she cruel be unto my plights;

Yet let me rather clean forget myself,

Than her sweet name out of my mind should go:

Which is th’ elixir of my pining soul;

From whence the essence of my life doth flow.

Whose beauty rare, my senses all control;

Themselves most happy evermore accounting

That such a Nymph is Queen of their affection:

With ravished rage, they to the skies are mounting;

Esteeming not their thraldom nor subjection.

But still do joy amidst their misery;

With patience bearing LOVE’s captivity.