| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Zepheria | | Canzon 26. When we, in kind embracements, had agreed | | Anonymous |
| | | WHEN we, in kind embracements, had agreed | |
| To keep a royal banquet on our lips; | |
| How soon, have we another feast decreed! | |
| And how, at parting, have we mourned by fits! | |
| Eftsoons, in absence, have we wailed much more, | 5 |
| Till those void hours of intermission | |
| Were spent! That we might revel as before, | |
| How have we bribèd Time for expedition! | |
| And when remitted to our former love-plays; | |
| How have we, overweening in delight, | 10 |
| Accused the Father Sexton of the days | |
| That, then, with eagle’s wings, he took his flight! | |
| But now, Old Man! fly on, as swift as thought! | |
| Sith eyes from love, and hope from heart is wrought. | | | | |
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