Unto the boundless Ocean of thy beauty <br />Runs this poor river, charg'd with streams of zeal: <br />Returning thee the tribute of my duty, <br />Which here my love, my youth, my plaints reveal. <br />Here I unclasp the book of my charg'd soul, <br />Where I have cast th'accounts of all my care: <br />Here have I summ'd my sighs, here I enroll <br />How they were spent for thee; look what they are. <br />Look on the dear expences of my youth, <br />And see how just I reckon with thine eyes: <br />Examine well they beauty in my truth, <br />And cross my cares ere greater sums arise. <br />Read it, sweet maid, though it be done but slightly; <br />Who can show all his love, doth love but lightly.<br /><br />Samuel Daniel<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-i-unto-the-boundless-ocean/
