| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Chloris | | Sonnet XXV. Who doth not know that Love is triumphant | | William Smith (fl. 1596) |
| | | WHO doth not know that LOVE is triumphant, | |
| Sitting upon the throne of majesty? | |
| The gods themselves, his cruel darts do daunt: | |
| And he, blind boy, smiles at their misery! | |
| LOVE made great JOVE ofttimes transform his shape. | 5 |
| LOVE made the fierce ALCIDES stoop at last. | |
| ACHILLES, stout and bold, could not escape | |
| The direful doom which LOVE upon him cast. | |
| LOVE made LEANDER pass the dreadful flood, | |
| Which Cestos from Abydos doth divide. | 10 |
| LOVE made a chaos where proud Ilion stood. | |
| Through LOVE the Carthaginian DIDO died. | |
| Thus may we see how LOVE doth rule and reign; | |
| Bringing those under, which his power disdain. | | | | |
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