| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Licia | | Sonnet VI. My Love, amazed, did blush herself to see | | Giles Fletcher (1586?–1623) |
| | | MY Love, amazed, did blush herself to see, | |
| Pictured by Art, all naked as she was. | |
| “How could the Painter know so much by me, | |
| Or Art effect what he hath brought to pass? | |
| It is not like, he naked me hath seen; | 5 |
| Or stood so nigh for to observe so much.” | |
| No, Sweet, his eyes so near have never been; | |
| Nor could his hands by Art have cunning such: | |
| I showed my heart, wherein you printed were; | |
| You, naked you, as here you painted are. | 10 |
| In that, my Love, your picture I must wear; | |
| And show ’t to all, unless you have more care: | |
| Then take my heart, and place it with your own! | |
| So shall you naked never more be known. | | | | |
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