| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Sonnets after Astrophel, etc. | | Sonnet V. Why doth my mistress credit so her glass | | Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) |
| | | WHY doth my mistress credit so her glass | |
| Gazing her beauty, deigned her by the skies? | |
| And doth not rather look on him, alas! | |
| Whose state best shows the force of murdering eyes. | |
| The broken tops of lofty trees declare | 5 |
| The fury of a mercy-wanting storm: | |
| And of what force your wounding graces are, | |
| Upon myself, you best may find the form. | |
| Then leave your glass, and gaze yourself on me! | |
| That mirror shows the power of your face: | 10 |
| To admire your form too much may danger be, | |
| NARCISSUS changed to flower in such a case. | |
| I fear your change! Not flower nor hyacinth; | |
| MEDUSA’s eye may turn your heart to flint. | | | | |
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