| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet XLI. When my sun, Cupid, took his next abiding | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | WHEN my sun, CUPID, took his next abiding | |
| ’Mongst craggy rocks and mountains, with the Goat; | |
| Ah then, on beauty did my senses doat! | |
| Then, had each Fair regard, my fancies guiding! | |
| Then, more than blessed was I, if one tiding | 5 |
| Of female favour set mine heart afloat! | |
| Then, to mine eyes each Maid was made a moat! | |
| My fickle thoughts, with divers fancies sliding, | |
| With wanton rage of lust, so me did tickle! | |
| Mine heart, each Beauty’s captived vassal! | 10 |
| Nor vanquished then (as now) but with love’s prickle! | |
| Not deeply moved (till love’s beams did discover | |
| That lovely Nymph, PARTHENOPHE!), no lover! | |
| Stop there, for fear! Love’s privilege doth pass all! | | | | |
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