| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Chloris | | Sonnet XXXIII. With patience bearing Love’s captivity | | William Smith (fl. 1596) |
| | | WITH patience bearing LOVE’s captivity, | |
| Themselves unguilty of his wrath alleging; | |
| These homely Lines, abjects of Poesy, | |
| For liberty and for their ransom pledging: | |
| And being free, they solemnly do vow | 5 |
| Under his banner ever arms to bear | |
| Against those rebels, which do disallow | |
| That Love, of Bliss should be the sovereign Heir. | |
| And CHLORIS, if these weeping Truce-men may | |
| One spark of pity from thine eyes obtain, | 10 |
| In recompense of their sad heavy Lay; | |
| Poor CORIN shall thy faithful friend remain. | |
| And what I say, I ever will approve, | |
| “No joy may be comparèd to thy love!” | | | | |
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