| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Diella | | Sonnet XVIII. Cupid had done some heinous act or other | | Richard Linche (fl. 1596–1601) |
| | | CUPID had done some heinous act or other, | |
| that caused IDALEA whip him very sore. | |
| The stubborn boy away runs from his mother, | |
| protesting stoutly to return no more. | |
| By chance, I met him; who desired relief, | 5 |
| and craved that I, some lodging would him give. | |
| Pitying his looks, which seemed drowned in grief, | |
| I took him home; there thinking he should live. | |
| But see the Boy! Envying at my life | |
| (which never sorrow, never love had tasted), | 10 |
| He raised within my heart such uncouth strife; | |
| that, with the same, my body now is wasted, | |
| By thankless LOVE, thus vilely am I used! | |
| By using kindness, I am thus abused. | | | | |
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