| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Chloris | | Sonnet V. You Fauns and Silvans, when my Chloris brings | | William Smith (fl. 1596) |
| | | YOU Fauns and Silvans, when my CHLORIS brings | |
| Her flocks to water in your pleasant plains, | |
| Solicit her to pity CORIN’s stings! | |
| The smart whereof, for her, he still sustains. | |
| For she is ruthless of my woeful song. | 5 |
| My oaten reed she not delights to hear. | |
| O CHLORIS! CHLORIS! CORIN thou dost wrong; | |
| Who loves thee better than his own heart dear. | |
| The flames of Etna are not half so hot | |
| As is the fire which thy disdain hath bred. | 10 |
| Ah, cruel Fates! why do you then besot | |
| Poor CORIN’s soul with love? when love is fled! | |
| Either cause cruel CHLORIS to relent, | |
| Or let me die upon the wound she sent! | | | | |
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