| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet XLIII. Now in my Zodiac’s last extremest sign | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | NOW in my Zodiac’s last extremest sign, | |
| My luckless sun, his hapless Mansion made; | |
| And in the water, willing more to wade, | |
| To Pisces did his chariot wheels incline: | |
| For me (poor Fish!) he, with his golden line | 5 |
| Baited with beauties, all the river lade, | |
| (For who, of such sweet baits would stand afraid?) | |
| There nibbling for such food as made me pine, | |
| LOVE’s Golden Hook, on me took sudden hold; | |
| And I down swallowed that impoisoned gold. | 10 |
| Since then, devise what any wisher can, | |
| Of fiercest torments! since, all joys devise! | |
| Worse griefs, more joys did my true heart comprise! | |
| Such, were LOVE’s baits! my crafty Fisherman. | | | | |
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