| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet LX. Whilst some, the Trojan wars in verse recount | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | WHILST some, the Trojan wars in verse recount, | |
| And all the Grecian conquerors in fight; | |
| Some, valiant Roman wars ’bove stars do mount, | |
| With all their warlike leaders, men of might: | |
| Whilst some, of British ARTHUR’s valour sing, | 5 |
| And register the praise of CHARLEMAGNE; | |
| And some, of doughty GODFREY tidings bring, | |
| And some, the German broils, and wars of Spain: | |
| In none of those, myself I wounded find, | |
| Neither with horseman, nor with man on foot; | 10 |
| But from a clear bright eye, one Captain blind | |
| (Whose puissance to resist, did nothing boot) | |
| With men in golden arms, and darts of gold, | |
| Wounded my heart, and all which did behold! | | | | |
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