| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Licia | | Sonnet XLIX. If that I die, fair Licia, with disdain | | Giles Fletcher (1586?–1623) |
| | | IF that I die, fair LICIA, with disdain; | |
| Or heartless live, surprisèd with thy wrong: | |
| The heavens and earth shall accent both my pain, | |
| And curse the time so cruel and so long. | |
| If you be kind, my Queen, as you are fair; | 5 |
| And aid my thoughts that still for conquest strive: | |
| Then will I sing, and never more despair, | |
| And praise your kindness whilst I am alive. | |
| Till then I pay the tribute of my tears, | |
| To move thy mercy and thy constant truth. | 10 |
| Respect, fair Love, how these with sorrow wear | |
| The truest heart; unless it find some ruth. | |
| Then grace me, Sweet, and with thy favour raise me; | |
| So shall I live, and all the World shall praise thee. | | | | |
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