| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Chloris | | Sonnet XLIII. Thou glorious Sun (from whence my lesser light | | William Smith (fl. 1596) |
| | | THOU glorious Sun (from whence my lesser light | |
| The substance of his crystal shine doth borrow) | |
| Let these my moans find favour in thy sight, | |
| And with remorse extinguish now my sorrow! | |
| Renew those lamps which thy disdain hath quenched, | 5 |
| As PHŒBUS doth his sister PHŒBE’s shine: | |
| Consider how thy CORIN, being drenched | |
| In seas of woe, to thee his plaints incline! | |
| And at thy feet, with tears, doth sue for grace; | |
| Which art the goddess of his chaste desire. | 10 |
| Let not thy frowns, these labours poor deface! | |
| Although aloft they at the first aspire. | |
| And time shall come, as yet unknown to men, | |
| When I more large thy praises forth shall pen. | | | | |
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