| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Zepheria | | Canzon 38. From the revenue of thine eyes’ Exchequer | | Anonymous |
| | | FROM the revenue of thine eyes’ Exchequer, | |
| My faith, his Subsidy did ne’er detract! | |
| Though in thy favour’s book, I rest a debtor; | |
| Yet, ’mongst accountants who their faith have crackt, | |
| My name thou findest not irrotulate! | 5 |
| I list not stand indebted to infame; | |
| (Foul them befall who pay in counterfeit! | |
| Be they recognised in black Book of Shame!) | |
| But if the Rent, which wont was of assize, | |
| Thou shalt enhance, through pride and coy disdain! | 10 |
| Exacting double tribute to thine eyes; | |
| And yet encroachest on my heart’s domain: | |
| Needs must I wish (though ’gainst my foyalty), | |
| That thou unsceptered be of Nature’s royalty! | | | | |
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