| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet XXVI. When lovely wrath, my Mistress’ heart assaileth | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | WHEN lovely wrath, my Mistress’ heart assaileth, | |
| LOVE’s golden darts take aim from her bright eyes; | |
| And PSYCHE, VENUS’ rosy couch empaleth, | |
| Placed in her cheeks, with lilies, where she lies! | |
| And when She smiles, from her sweet looks and cheerful, | 5 |
| Like PHŒBUS, when through sudden clouds he starteth | |
| (After stern tempests, showers, and thunder fearful); | |
| So She, my world’s delight, with her smiles hearteth! | |
| AURORA, yellow looks, when my Love blushes, | |
| Wearing her hair’s bright colour in her face! | 10 |
| And from love’s ruby portal lovely rushes, | |
| For every word She speaks, an angel’s grace! | |
| If She be silent, every man in place | |
| With silence, wonders her! and if She sleep, | |
| Air doth, with her breath’s murmur, music keep! | 15 | | | |
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