| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Licia | | Sonnet XL. Poets did feign that heavens a Venus had | | Giles Fletcher (1586?–1623) |
| | A Sonnet made upon the Two Twins, daughters of the Lady MOLLINEUX; both passing like, and exceeding[ly] fair. |
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POETS did feign that heavens a VENUS had; | |
| Matchless herself, and CUPID was her son. | |
| Men sued to these, and of their smiles were glad; | |
| By whom so many famous were undone. | |
| Now CUPID mourns that he hath lost his might, | 5 |
| And that these Two so comely are to see; | |
| And VENUS frowns, because they have her right: | |
| Yet both so like that both shall blameless be. | |
| With heaven’s Two Twins for godhead these may strive; | |
| And rule a World with least part of a frown: | 10 |
| Fairer than these Two Twins are not alive; | |
| Both conquering Queens, and both deserve a Crown. | |
| My thoughts presage, which time to come shall try, | |
| That thousands conquered, for their love shall die. | | | |
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