| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet II. Whiles, with strong chains of hardy tempered steel | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | WHILES, with strong chains of hardy tempered steel, | |
| I bound my thoughts, still gadding fast and faster; | |
| When they, through time, the diff’rences did feel, | |
| Betwixt a Mistress’ service and a Master. | |
| Keeping in bondage, jealously enthralled, | 5 |
| In prisons of neglect, his nature’s mildness; | |
| Him, I with solitary studies walled, | |
| By thraldom, choking his outrageous wildness. | |
| On whom, my careful thoughts I set to watch, | |
| Guarding him closely, lest he should out issue | 10 |
| To seek thee, LAYA! who still wrought to catch | |
| And train my tender boy, that could not miss you | |
| (So you bewitched him once! when he did kiss you), | |
| That, by such slights as never were found out, | |
| To serve your turn, he daily went about. | 15 | | | |
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