| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet XXXII. Sarce twice seven times had Phœbus’ waggon wheel | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | SARCE twice seven times had PHŒBUS’ waggon wheel | |
| Obliquely wandered through the Zodiac’s line, | |
| Since Nature first to OPS did me resign, | |
| When in mine youthful vein, I well could feel | |
| A lustful rage, which, Reason’s chains of steel | 5 |
| (With headstrong force of Lust) did still untwine. | |
| To wanton Fancies I did then incline; | |
| Whilst mine unbridled PHÆTON did reel | |
| With heedless rage, till that his chariot came | |
| To take, in fold, his resting with the Ram. | 10 |
| But bootless, all! For such was his unrest | |
| That, in no limits, he could be contained! | |
| To lawless sports and pleasures, ever prest; | |
| And his swift wheels, with their sweet oil distained! | | | | |
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