Sonnet 14

RETOURNE agayne, my forces late dismayd,

Unto the siege by you abandoned quite:

Great shame it is to leaue, like one afrayd,

So fayre a peece for one repulse so light.

Gaynst such strong castles needeth greater might,

Then those small forts which ye were wont belay,

Such haughty mynds, enured to hardy fight,

Disdayne to yield unto the first assay.

Bring therefore all the forces that ye may,

And lay incessant battery to her heart,

Playnts, prayers, vowes, ruth, sorrow, and dismay,

Those engins can the proudest loue conuert.

And if those fayle, fall downe and dy before her,

So dying liue, and liuing do adore her.