| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Delia | | Sonnet XXXIX. O be not grieved that these my papers should | | Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) |
| | | O BE not grieved that these my papers should | |
| Bewray unto the world, how fair thou art! | |
| Or that my wits have shewed, the best they could, | |
| The chastest flame that ever warmèd heart. | |
| Think not, sweet D E L I A! this shall be thy shame, | 5 |
| My Muse should sound thy praise with mournful warble! | |
| How many live, the glory of whose name | |
| Shall rest in ice, while thine is graved in marble! | |
| Thou may’st, in after ages, live esteemed! | |
| Unburied in these lines, reserved in pureness. | 10 |
| These shall entomb those eyes, that have redeemed | |
| Me, from the vulgar; thee, from all obscureness. | |
| Although my careful accents never moved thee! | |
| Yet count it no disgrace, that I have loved thee! | | | | |
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