| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Chloris | | Sonnet IV. Whole showers of Tears to Chloris I will pour | | William Smith (fl. 1596) |
| | | WHOLE showers of Tears to CHLORIS I will pour | |
| As true oblations of my sincere love. | |
| If that will not suffice, most fairest Flower! | |
| Then shall my Sighs, thee to pity move. | |
| If neither Tears nor Sighs can ought prevail; | 5 |
| My streaming Blood thine anger shall appease! | |
| This hand of mine by vigour shall assail | |
| To tear my heart asunder, thee to please! | |
| Celestial powers, on you I invocate! | |
| You know the chaste affections of my mind! | 10 |
| I never did my faith yet violate! | |
| Why should my CHLORIS then be so unkind? | |
| That neither Tears, nor Sighs, nor streaming Blood | |
| Can unto mercy move her cruel mood. | | | | |
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