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13. Sonet.

[A due sweete Cælia for I must depart]

A due sweete Cælia for I must depart,
And leaue thy sight, and with thy sight all ioy,
Conuoi'd with care, attended with annoy:
A vagabonding wretch from part to part,
Onely deare Cælia grant me so much grace,
As to vouchsafe this heart befraught with sorrow,
T'attend vpon thy shadow euen and morrow:
Whose wonted pleasure was to view thy face,
And if sometimes thou soliter remaine,
And for thy dearest deare a sigh lets slide,
This poore attender sitting by thy side
Shall be thy Eccho to repli't againe.
Then farewell Cælia for I must away,
And to attend thee my poore heart shal stay.