| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Phillis | | Sonnet XXXI. Devoid of reason, thrall to foolish ire | | Thomas Lodge (1558–1625) |
| | | DEVOID of reason, thrall to foolish ire, | |
| I walk and chase a savage fairy still, | |
| Now near the flood, straight on the mounting hill, | |
| Now midst the woods of youth, and vain desire. | |
| For leash I bear a cord of careful grief; | 5 |
| For brach I lead an over-forward mind; | |
| My hounds are thoughts, and rage despairing blind, | |
| Pain, cruelty, and care without relief. | |
| But they perceiving that my swift pursuit | |
| My flying fairy cannot overtake, | 10 |
| With open mouths their prey on me do make, | |
| Like hungry hounds that lately lost their suit. | |
| And full of fury on their master feed, | |
| To hasten on my hapless death with speed. | | | | |
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