| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Idea | | Sonnet 54. Yet read at last the Story of my Woe! | | Michael Drayton (1563–1631) |
| | [First printed in 1599 (No. 49), and in all later editions.] |
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YET read at last the Story of my Woe! | |
| The dreary abstracts of my endless cares, | |
| With my life’s sorrow interlinèd so, | |
| Smoked with my sighs, and blotted with my tears. | |
| The sad Memorials of my Miseries! | 5 |
| Penned in the grief of mine afflicted ghost. | |
| My Life’s Complaint in doleful Elegies! | |
| With so pure love as Time could never boast. | |
| Receive the incense which I offer here, | |
| By my strong faith ascending to thy fame! | 10 |
| My zeal, my hope, my vows, my praise, my prayer, | |
| My soul’s oblations to thy sacred Name! | |
| Which Name, my Muse, to highest heavens shall raise, | |
| By chaste Desire, true Love, and virtuous Praise! | | | |
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