Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.
Parthenophil and ParthenopheSonnet XXXI. I burn, yet am I cold! I am a cold, yet burn!
Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609)I
In pleasing, discontent! in discontentment, pleased!
Diseased, I am in health! and healthful, am diseased!
In turning back, proceed! proceeding, I return!
In mourning, I rejoice! and in rejoicing, mourn!
In pressing, I step back! in stepping back, I pressed!
In gaining, still I lose! and in my losses, gain!
Grounded, I waver still! and wavering, still am grounded!
Unwounded, yet not sound! and being sound, am wounded!
Slain, yet am I alive! and yet alive, am slain!
Hounded, my heart rests still! still resting, is it hounded!
In pain, I feel no grief! yet void of grief, in pain!
Unmoved, I vex myself! unvexed, yet am I moved!
Beloved, She loves me not; yet is She my beloved!