Licia Sonnets 27
Giles Fletcher The Elder 1548 (Watford, Hertfordshire) – 1611
The crystal stream wherein my love did swim,
Melted in tears as partners of my woe;
Her shine was such as did the fountain dim,
The pearl-like fountain whiter than the snow;
Then like perfume, resolvéd with a heat,
The fountain smoked, as if it thought to burn;
A wonder strange to see the cold so great,
And yet the fountain into smoke to turn.
I searched the cause, and found it to be this:
She touched the water, and it burned with love.
Now by her means it purebased hath that bliss,
Which all diseases quickly can remove.
Then if by you these streams thus blesse'd be,
Sweet, grant me love, and be not worse to me.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABABCDEDFGFHII |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 628 |
Words | 120 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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