| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Licia | | Sonnet X. A painter drew the image of the boy | | Giles Fletcher (1586?–1623) |
| | | A PAINTER drew the image of the boy, | |
| Swift LOVE, with wings, all naked, and yet blind; | |
| With bow and arrows bent for to destroy. | |
| I blamed his skill; and fault I thus did find: | |
| “A needless task I see thy cunning take: | 5 |
| Misled by love, thy fancy thee betrayed. | |
| Love is no boy, nor blind, as men him make; | |
| Nor weapons wears, whereof to be afraid: | |
| But if thou Love wilt paint with greatest skill; | |
| A Love, a Maid, a goddess, and a Queen! | 10 |
| Wonder and view at LICIA’s picture still! | |
| For other Love, the World hath never seen. | |
| For She alone, all hope, all comfort, gives: | |
| Men’s hearts, souls all, led by her favour, live.” | | | | |
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