Sonnet 13

NOr Arne, nor Mincius, nor stately Tiber,
Sebethus, nor the Flood into whose streames
He fell who burnt the world with borrowed beames,
Gold-rolling Tagus, Munda, famous Iber,
Sorgue, Rosne, Loire, Garron, nor proud-banked Sein…,
Peneus, Phasis Xanthus, humble Ladon,
Nor She whose Nymphes excell her loved Adon
Faire Tamesis, nor Ister large, nor Rheine,
Euphrates, Tigr…s, Indus, Hermus, Gange,
Pearly Hydaspes, Serpent-like Meander,
The Floud which robbed Hero of Leander,
Nile that far far his hidden Head doth range,
Have ever had so rare a cause of praise,
As Ora where this Northerne Phoenix stayes.