| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Chloris | | Sonnet XXXVIII. That day wherein mine eyes cannot her see | | William Smith (fl. 1596) |
| | | THAT day wherein mine eyes cannot her see, | |
| Which is the essence of their crystal sight; | |
| Both blind, obscure, and dim that day they be, | |
| And are debarrèd of fair heaven’s light. | |
| That day wherein mine ears do want to hear her; | 5 |
| Hearing, that day, is from me quite bereft. | |
| That day wherein to touch I come not near her; | |
| That day no sense of touching I have left. | |
| That day wherein I lack the fragrant smell, | |
| Which from her pleasant amber breath proceedeth; | 10 |
| Smelling, that day, disdains with me to dwell. | |
| Only weak hope, my pining carcase feedeth. | |
| But burst, poor heart! Thou hast no better hope, | |
| Since all thy senses have no further scope. | | | | |
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