| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Diella | | Sonnet XIII. I know, within my mouth, for bashful fear | | Richard Linche (fl. 1596–1601) |
| | | I KNOW, within my mouth, for bashful fear | |
| and dread of your disdain, my words will die! | |
| I know, I shall be stricken dumb, my Dear! | |
| with doubt of your unpitiful reply. | |
| I know, when as I shall before you lie | 5 |
| prostrate and humble, craving help of you; | |
| Misty aspects will cloud your sun-bright eye, | |
| and scornful looks o’ershade your beauty’s hue. | |
| I know, when I shall plead my love so true, | |
| so stainless, constant, loyal, and upright; | 10 |
| My truthful pleadings will not cause you rue | |
| The ne’er-heard state of my distressèd plight. | |
| I know, when I shall come with face bedight | |
| with streaming tears, fallen from my fountain eyes, | | | | |
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