| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Diana | The Fourth Decade
Sonnet VII. The richest relic Rome did ever view | | Henry Constable (1562–1613) |
| | | THE RICHEST relic Rome did ever view | |
| Was CÆSAR’s tomb; on which, with cunning hand, | |
| JOVE’s triple honours, the three fair Graces, stand; | |
| Telling his virtues, in their virtues true. | |
| This Rome admired: but, dearest Dear! in you | 5 |
| Dwelleth the wonder of the happiest land | |
| And all the world to NEPTUNE’s furthest strand. | |
| For what Rome shap’d hath living life in you! | |
| Thy naked beauty, bounteously displayed, | |
| Enricheth monarchies of hearts with love! | 10 |
| Thine eyes to hear complaints are open laid! | |
| Thine eyes’ kind looks requite all pains I prove! | |
| That of my death, I dare not thee accuse; | |
| But pride in me, that baser chance refuse. | | | | |
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