| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Chloris | | Sonnet XXVII. O Love, leave off with sorrows to torment me! | | William Smith (fl. 1596) |
| | | O LOVE, leave off with sorrows to torment me! | |
| Let my heart’s grief and pining pain content thee! | |
| The breach is made; I give thee leave to enter! | |
| Thee to resist, great god, I dare not venture! | |
| Restless desire doth aggravate my anguish; | 5 |
| Careful conceits do fill my soul with languish: | |
| Be not too cruel, in thy conquest gained! | |
| Thy deadly shafts have victory obtained! | |
| Batter no more my Fort with fierce affection; | |
| But shield me, captive, under thy protection! | 10 |
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| I yield to thee, O LOVE, thou art the stronger! | |
| Raise then thy siege, and trouble me no longer! | | | | |
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