Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.
PhillisSonnet XXV. I wage the combat with two mighty foes
Thomas Lodge (15581625)I
Which are more strong than I ten thousand fold;
The one is when thy pleasure I do lose,
The other, when thy person I behold.
In seeing thee a swarm of loves confound me
And cause my death in spite of my resist,
And if I see thee not, thy want doth wound me,
For in thy sight my comfort doth consist.
The one in me continual care createth,
The other doth occasion my desire;
The one the edge of all my joy rebateth,
The other makes me a phœnix in love’s fire.
So that I grieve when I enjoy your presence,
And die for grief by reason of your absence.