| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Diella | | Sonnet IV. What sugared terms, what all-persuading art | | Richard Linche (fl. 1596–1601) |
| | | WHAT sugared terms, what all-persuading art, | |
| what sweet mellifluous words, what wounding looks, | |
| LOVE used for his admittance to my heart! | |
| such eloquence was never read in books! | |
| He promised Pleasure, Rest, and Endless Joy, | 5 |
| Fruition of the fairest She alive. | |
| His pleasure, pain; rest, trouble; joy, annoy; | |
| have I since found! which me, of bliss deprive. | |
| The Trojan horse, thus have I now let in; | |
| wherein enclosed these armèd men were placed. | 10 |
| Bright Eyes, fair Cheeks, sweet Lips, and milk-white Skin, | |
| these foes, my life have overthrown and razed. | |
| Fair outward shews prove inwardly the worst: | |
| Love looketh fair, but lovers are accurst! | | | | |
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