| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Fidessa | | Sonnet XLII. When never-speaking silence proves a wonder | | Bartholomew Griffin (d. 1602) |
| | | WHEN never-speaking silence proves a wonder; | |
| When ever-flying flame at home remaineth; | |
| When all-concealing night keeps darkness under; | |
| When men-devouring wrong true glory gaineth, | |
| When soul-tormenting grief agrees with joy; | 5 |
| When LUCIFER foreruns the baleful night; | |
| When VENUS doth forsake her little boy; | |
| When her untoward boy obtaineth sight; | |
| When SYSIPHUS doth cease to roll his stone; | |
| When OTHES shaketh off his heavy chain; | 10 |
| When Beauty, Queen of Pleasure is alone; | |
| When Love and Virtue, quiet peace disdain: | |
| When these shall be, and I not be; | |
| Then will FIDESSA pity me. | | | | |
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