| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Licia | | Sonnet XLV. There shone a Comet, and it was full West | | Giles Fletcher (1586?–1623) |
| | | THERE shone a Comet, and it was full West. | |
| My thought presagèd what it did portend: | |
| I found it threatened, to my heart unrest; | |
| And might, in time, my joys and comfort end. | |
| I further sought, and found it was a Sun; | 5 |
| Which day, nor night, did never use to set. | |
| It constant stood, when heavens did restless run; | |
| And did their virtues and their forces let. | |
| The World did muse, and wonder what it meant: | |
| A Sun to shine, and in the West to rise. | 10 |
| To search the truth, I strength and spirits spent. | |
| At length I found it was my LICIA’s eyes. | |
| Now, never after, soul shall live in dark, | |
| That hath the hap, this western Sun to mark. | | | | |
|
|
