| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Delia | | Sonnet I. Vnto the boundless Ocean of thy beauty | | Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) |
| | | VNTO the boundless Ocean of thy beauty, | |
| Runs this poor river, charged with streams of zeal; | |
| Returning Thee, the tribute of my duty, | |
| Which here my love, my youth, my plaints reveal. | |
| Here, I unclasp the Book of my charged Soul; | 5 |
| Where I have cast th’accounts of all my care: | |
| Here, have I summed my sighs. Here, I enrol | |
| How they were spent for thee! Look! what they are! | |
| Look on the dear expenses of my youth! | |
| And see how just I reckon with thine eyes! | 10 |
| Examine well, thy beauty with my truth! | |
| And cross my cares, ere greater sums arise! | |
| Read it, Sweet Maid! though it be done but slightly: | |
| Who can shew all his love, doth love but lightly. | | | | |
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