Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
Bartholomew Griffin Fidessa Sonnet XLII
Bartholomew Griffin's "Fidessa" sonnets are basically in
Shakespearean form, using the scheme ABAB·CDCD·EFEF·GG
Bartholomew Griffin's "Fidessa" sonnet XLII
WHEN neuer speaking silence proues a wonder,
When euer-flying fame at home remaineth,
When all-concealing night keepes darknes vnder,
When men-deuouring wrong, true glorie gaineth:
When Soul-tormenting griefe agrees with joy,
When Lucifer forerunnes the balefull night,
When Venus doth forsake her little boye,
When her vntoward boye obtaineth sight,
When Sysiphus doth cease to roule his stone,
When Othes shaketh off his heauie chaines:
When Beautie Queene of pleasure is alone,
When Loue and Vertue quiet peace disdaines.
When these shall be and I not be,
Then will Fidessa pittie me.
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