| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Sonnets after Astrophel, etc. | | Sonnet X. The sly Enchanter, when to work his will | | Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) |
| | [Not reprinted in Delia, Daniel’s authorised collection, 1592–4.] |
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THE SLY Enchanter, when to work his will | |
| And secret wrong on some forespoken wight; | |
| Frames wax in form to represent aright | |
| The poor unwitting wretch he means to kill: | |
| And pricks the image, framed by magic’s skill, | 5 |
| Whereby to vex the party day and night. | |
| Like hath she done, whose show bewitched my sight | |
| To beauty’s charms, her lover’s blood to spill. | |
| For first, like wax she framed me by her eyes; | |
| Whose “Nays!” sharp-pointed set upon my breast | 10 |
| Martyr my life; and plague me in this wise | |
| With ling’ring pain to perish in unrest. | |
| Nought could, save this, my sweetest fair suffice, | |
| To try her art on him that loves her best. | | | |
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