| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Phillis | | Sonnet XXXV. I hope and fear, I pray and hold my peace | | Thomas Lodge (1558–1625) |
| | | I HOPE and fear, I pray and hold my peace, | |
| Now freeze my thoughts and straight they fry again, | |
| I now admire and straight my wonders cease, | |
| I loose my bonds and yet myself restrain; | |
| This likes me most that leaves me discontent, | 5 |
| My courage serves and yet my heart doth fail, | |
| My will doth climb whereas my hopes are spent, | |
| I laugh at love, yet when he comes I quail; | |
| The more I strive, the duller bide I still, | |
| I would be thanked, and yet I freedom love, | 10 |
| I would redress, yet hourly feed my ill, | |
| I would repine, and dare not once reprove; | |
| And for my love I am bereft of power, | |
| And strengthless strive my weakness to devour. | | | | |
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