| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet LVIII. Fair Clytie doth flourish with the Spring | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | FAIR CLYTIE doth flourish with the Spring; | |
| And, eftsoons, withered like thy golden Hair! | |
| And IO’s violets grow flourishing, | |
| But soon defaced; which thine Eyes semblance bear! | |
| Anemone with hyacinth, Spring’s pride, | 5 |
| (Like to thy Beauty!) lose their lovely gloss: | |
| So will thy Cheeks, with graces beautified, | |
| Return to wrinkles, and to Nature’s dross! | |
| Roses, as from thy lips, sweet odours send, | |
| Which herbs (in them whilst juice and virtues rest) | 10 |
| From some diseases’ rigour, life defend: | |
| These (as Thyself!) once withered, men detest! | |
| Then love betimes! These withered flowers of yore | |
| Revive! Thy beauty lost, returns no more! | | | | |
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