Sonnet
My lady's presence makes the roses red,
Because to see her lips they blush for shame;
The lily's leaves, for envy, pale became,
For her white hands in them this envy bred.
The marigold the leaves abroad do spread,
Because the sun's and her power is the same;
The violet of purple color came,
Dyed in the blood she made my heart to shed.
In brief, all flowers from her their virtues take;
From her sweet breath their sweet smells do proceed;
The living heat which her eyebeams do make
Warmeth the ground, and quickeneth the seed.
The rain, wherewith she watereth the flowers,
Falls from mine eyes, which she dissolves in showers.
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