Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.
DianaThe Seventh Decade. Sonnet III. What viewed I, Dear! when I, thine eyes beheld?
Henry Constable (1562–1613)W
Love in his glory? No, him T
And stood the boy! whilst he, his darts did draw;
Whose painted pride to baser swains he telled.
Saw I two suns? That sight is seen but seld.
Yet can their brood that teach the holy law
Gaze on their beams, and dread them not a straw;
Where princely looks are by their eyes repelled.
What saw I then? Doubtless it was, A
Armed with strong thunder and a lightning’s flame;
Who, bridegroom like, with power was riding then,
Meaning that none should see him when he came.
Yet did I gaze; and thereby caught the wound
Which burns my heart, and keeps my body sound.