Love

Sonnet XIX: That tyme (faire Licia) when I stole

by Giles Fletcher the Elder c. 1549–1611

From Licia, or Poemes of Love (1593)

Love

That tyme (faire Licia) when I stole a kisse,
From of those lippes, where Cupid lovelie laide,
I quakt for colde, and found the cause was this,
My life which lov'd, for love behind me staid:
I sent my heart, my life for to recall:
But that was held, not able to returne,
And both detain'd as captives were in thrall,
And judg'd by her, that both by sighes should burne:
(Faire) burne them both, for that they were so bolde,
But let the altar be within thy heart:
And I shall live, because my lyfe you holde,
You that give lyfe, to everie living part,
A flame I tooke, when as I stole the kisse:
Take you my lyfe, yet can I live with this.

MLA

Elder, Giles Fletcher the. “Sonnet XIX: That tyme (faire Licia) when I stole.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher_g/19/.

Chicago

Elder, Giles Fletcher the. “Sonnet XIX: That tyme (faire Licia) when I stole.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher_g/19/.

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