Licia Sonnets 29 (Giles Fletcher Sr Poems)
Why died I not whenas I last did sleep?O sleep too short that shadowed forth my dear!Heavens, hear my prayers, ...
Why died I not whenas I last did sleep?O sleep too short that shadowed forth my dear!Heavens, hear my prayers, ...
As are the sands, fair Licia, on the shore,Or colored flowers, garlands of the spring,Or as the frosts not seen, ...
My love lay sleeping, where birds music made,Shutting her eyes, disdainful of the light;The heat was great but greater was ...
I stood amazed, and saw my Licia shine,Fairer than Phoeligbus, in his brightest pride,Set forth in colors by a hand ...
In Ida vale three queens the shepherd saw,Queens of esteem, divine they were all three,A sight of worth. But I ...
Whenas I wish, fair Licia, for a kissFrom those sweet lips where rose and lilies strive,Straight do mine eyes repine ...
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