The Sonnets XCII - But do thy worst to steal thyself away

"Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art,     As those whose beauties proudly make them cruel;     For well thou knowst to my dear doting heart"

"Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye     And all my soul, and all my every part;     And for this sin there is no remedy,     It is so grou"

"Accuse me thus: that I have scanted all,     Wherein I should your great deserts repay,     Forgot upon your dearest love to call,     Whereto"

"Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep:     A maid of Dians this advantage found,     And his love-kindling fire did quickly steep     In a c"

"Here morning in the ploughman's songs is met     Ere yet one footstep shows in all the sky,     And twilight in the east, a doubt as yet,     S"

"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"