| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Chloris | | Sonnet XXX. The raging sea, within his limits lies | | William Smith (fl. 1596) |
| | | THE RAGING sea, within his limits lies; | |
| And with an ebb, his flowing doth discharge: | |
| The rivers, when beyond their bounds they rise | |
| Themselves do empty in the ocean large: | |
| But my love’s sea, which never limit keepeth; | 5 |
| Which never ebbs, but always ever floweth, | |
| In liquid salt unto my CHLORIS weepeth; | |
| Yet frustrate are the tears which he bestoweth. | |
| This sea, which first was but a little spring, | |
| Is now so great, and far beyond all reason, | 10 |
| That it a deluge to my thoughts doth bring; | |
| Which overwhelmèd hath my joying season. | |
| So hard and dry is my Saint’s cruel mind; | |
| These waves no way in her to sink can find. | | | | |
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