| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Cœlia | | Sonnet XIX. It shall be said I died for Cœlia! | | William Percy (1575–1648) |
| | | IT shall be said I died for CŒLIA! | |
| Then quick, thou grisly man of Erebus, | |
| Transport me hence unto PROSERPINA, | |
| To be adjudged as “wilful amorous.” | |
| To be hung up within the liquid air! | 5 |
| For all the sighs which I in vain have wasted: | |
| To be through Lethe’s waters cleansèd fair! | |
| For those dark clouds which have my looks o’ercasted: | |
| To be condemned to everlasting fire! | |
| Because at CUPID’s fire, I wilful brent me, | 10 |
| And to be clad for deadly dumps in mire. | |
| Among so many plagues which shall torment me, | |
| One solace I shall find, when I am over; | |
| It will be known I died a constant lover! | | | | |
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