| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Cœlia | | Sonnet XVI. What may be thought of thine untowardness | | William Percy (1575–1648) |
| | | WHAT may be thought of thine untowardness, | |
| That movest still at every motion? | |
| What may be hoped of so strange uncouthness, | |
| That scorns all vows, scorns all devotion? | |
| If I but sue, thou wouldst relieve mine anguish, | 5 |
| Two threatening arcs thou bendest rigorously! | |
| Then if I swear thy love did make me languish, | |
| Thou turn’st away, and smilest scornfully! | |
| Then if I wish thou would’st not tyrannize; | |
| Of Tyranny thou mak’st but a mockery! | 10 |
| And if I weep, my tears thou dost despise! | |
| And if I stir, thou threatenest battery! | |
| Frown on! smile on! mock me! despise me! threat me! | |
| All shall not make me leave for to intreat thee! | | | | |
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