| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | The Tears of Fancie | | Sonnet XLIII. Long haue I swome against the wished waue | | Thomas Watson (1555–1592) |
| | | LONG haue I swome against the wished waue, | |
| But now constrained by a lothsome life: | |
| I greedilie doe seeke the greedie graue, | |
| To make an end of all these stormes and strife. | |
| Sweete death giue end to my tormenting woes, | 5 |
| And let my passions penetrate thy brest: | |
| Suffer my heart which doth such griefes inclose | |
| By timelie fates inioie eternall rest. | |
| Let me not dwell in dole sith thou maist ease me, | |
| Let me not languish in such endles durance: | 10 |
| One happie stroke of thy sad hand will please me, | |
| Please me good death it is thy procurance. | |
| To end my harts griefe (heart shee did abhorre thee) | |
| O hast thee gentle death I linger for thee. | | | | |
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