| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Chloris | | Sonnet VIII. No sooner had fair Phœbus trimmed his car | | William Smith (fl. 1596) |
| | | NO sooner had fair PHŒBUS trimmed his car, | |
| Being newly arisen from AURORA’s bed; | |
| But I, in whom Despair and Hope did war, | |
| My unpenned flock unto the mountains led. | |
| Tripping upon the snow-soft downs I spied | 5 |
| Three Nymphs, more fairer than those Beauties Three | |
| Which did appear to PARIS on Mount Ide. | |
| Coming more near, my goddess I there see. | |
| For She, the field Nymphs oftentimes doth haunt, | |
| To hunt with them the fierce and savage boar: | 10 |
| And having sported, Virelays they chant; | |
| Whilst I, unhappy, helpless cares deplore. | |
| There did I call to her, ah, too unkind! | |
| But tiger-like, of me she had no mind. | | | | |
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