| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Diella | | Sonnet V. The little Archer viewing well my Love | | Richard Linche (fl. 1596–1601) |
| | | THE LITTLE Archer viewing well my Love, | |
| stone-still amazed, admirèd such a sight; | |
| And swore he knew none such to dwell above: | |
| though many fair; none, so conspicuous bright! | |
| With that enraged, flamigerous as he is, | 5 |
| he now ’gan loathe his PSYCHE’s lovely face; | |
| And swore great oaths, “to rob me of my bliss,” | |
| saying that “earth for her, was too too base!” | |
| But CYTHEREA checked her lordly son, | |
| commanding him to bring no giglet thither! | 10 |
| Fearing indeed, her amorous sports were done | |
| with hotspur MARS, if he should once but see her. | |
| If then her beauty move the gods above; | |
| Let all men judge, if I have cause to love! | | | | |
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