| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Licia | | Sonnet XXXIV. When as I wish, fair Licia, for a kiss | | Giles Fletcher (1586?–1623) |
| | | WHEN as I wish, fair LICIA, for a kiss | |
| From those sweet lips, where rose and lilies strive; | |
| Straight do mine Eyes repine at such a bliss, | |
| And seek my Lips thereof for to deprive. | |
| When as I seek to glut mine Eyes by sight; | 5 |
| My Lips repine, and call mine Eyes away. | |
| Thus both contend to have each other’s right; | |
| And both conspire to work my full decay. | |
| O force admired, of Beauty in her pride; | |
| In whose each part such strange effects there be, | 10 |
| That all my forces in themselves divide, | |
| And make my senses plainly disagree. | |
| If all were mine, this envy would be gone: | |
| Then grant me all, fair Sweet; or grant me none! | | | | |
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