| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Phillis | | Sonnet XXV. I wage the combat with two mighty foes | | Thomas Lodge (1558–1625) |
| | | I WAGE the combat with two mighty foes, | |
| Which are more strong than I ten thousand fold; | |
| The one is when thy pleasure I do lose, | |
| The other, when thy person I behold. | |
| In seeing thee a swarm of loves confound me | 5 |
| And cause my death in spite of my resist, | |
| And if I see thee not, thy want doth wound me, | |
| For in thy sight my comfort doth consist. | |
| The one in me continual care createth, | |
| The other doth occasion my desire; | 10 |
| The one the edge of all my joy rebateth, | |
| The other makes me a phœnix in love’s fire. | |
| So that I grieve when I enjoy your presence, | |
| And die for grief by reason of your absence. | | | | |
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