| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Licia | | Sonnet XIX. That time, fair Licia, when I stole a kiss | | Giles Fletcher (1586?–1623) |
| | | THAT time, fair Licia, when I stole a kiss | |
| From off those lips where CUPID lovely laid, | |
| I quaked for cold: and found the cause was this: | |
| My Life which loved, for love behind me stayed. | |
| I sent my Heart, my Life for to recall, | 5 |
| But that was held, not able to return: | |
| And both detained, as captives were in thrall, | |
| And judged by her, that both by sighs should burn. | |
| Fair, burn them both! for that they were so bold; | |
| But let the altar be within thy heart! | 10 |
| And I shall live, because my life you hold; | |
| You that give life to every living part. | |
| A flame I took when as I stole the kiss: | |
| Take you my life! yet can I live with this. | | | | |
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