| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Chloris | | Sonnet II. Thy beauty, subject of my Song I make | | William Smith (fl. 1596) |
| | | THY beauty, subject of my Song I make; | |
| O fairest Fair! on whom depends my life: | |
| Refuse not then the task I undertake | |
| To please thy rage, and to appease my strife! | |
| But with one smile remunerate my toil; | 5 |
| None other guerdon I, of thee desire. | |
| Give not my lowly Muse new-hatched the foil, | |
| But warmth; that she may at the length aspire | |
| Unto the temples of thy star-bright Eyes; | |
| Upon whose round orbs perfect Beauty sits: | 10 |
| From whence such glorious crystal Beams arise | |
| As best my CHLORIS’ seemly Face befits. | |
| Which Eyes, which Beauty, which bright crystal Beam, | |
| Which Face of thine, hath made my love extreme. | | | | |
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