Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
Coelia I: William Percy
William Percy's sonnets in "Coelia" are basically in
Petrarchan form, using the scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Sonnets to the Fairest Coelia: I
IUDGED by my goddess' doom to endless paine,
Lo! here I ope my sorrow's passion,
That every silly eye may view most plaine
A sentence giuen on no occasion.
If that by chaunce they fall most fortunate
Within those cruel hands that did enact it;
Say but, alas! he was too passionate;
My doom is past, nor can be now unacted.
So mayst thou see I was a spotless lover,
And grieve withal that ere thou dealt so sore;
Unto remorse who goes about to move her,
Pursues the winged winds, and tills the shore.
Lovely is her semblance, hard is her heart,
Wavering is her mind, sure is her dart.
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