| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Licia | | Sonnet XIII. Inamoured Jove, commanding, did entreat | | Giles Fletcher (1586?–1623) |
| | | INAMOURED JOVE, commanding, did entreat | |
| CUPID to wound my Love: which he denied, | |
| And swore he could not, for she wanted heat; | |
| And would not love, as he full oft had tried. | |
| JOVE, in a rage, impatient this to hear, | 5 |
| Replied with threats, “I’ll make you to obey!” | |
| Whereat the boy did fly away for fear | |
| To LICIA’s eyes, where safe entrenched he lay. | |
| Then JOVE, he scorned; and dared him to his face: | |
| For now more safe than in the heavens he dwelled; | 10 |
| Nor could JOVE’s wrath do wrong to such a place, | |
| Where Grace and Honour have their kingdom held. | |
| Thus, in the pride and beauty of her eyes, | |
| The silly boy, the greatest god defies. | | | | |
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