| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet LII. Methought, Calliope did from heaven descend | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | METHOUGHT, CALLIOPE did from heaven descend | |
| To sing, fair Mistress! thy sweet beauty’s praise. | |
| Thy sweet enchanting voice did ORPHEUS raise; | |
| Who, with his harp (which down the gods did send) | |
| Celestial concord to the voice did lend. | 5 |
| His music, all wild beasts so did amaze | |
| That they, submissive to thy looks did bend. | |
| Hills, trees, towns, bridges, from their places wend. | |
| Hopping and dancing. All the winds be still | |
| And listen; whiles the nightingales fulfil, | 10 |
| With larks and thrushes, all defects of pleasure. | |
| Springs sang thy praises, in a murmur shrill. | |
| Whiles I, enraged by music, out of trance, | |
| Like BACCHUS’s priest, did, in thy presence dance. | | | | |
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