| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet LXXI. Those hairs of angels’ gold, thy nature’s treasure | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | THOSE hairs of angels’ gold, thy nature’s treasure. | |
| (For thou, by Nature, angel-like art framed!) | |
| Those lovely brows, broad bridges of sweet pleasure, | |
| Arch two clear springs of Graces gracious named; | |
| There Graces infinite do bathe and sport! | 5 |
| Under, on both sides, those two precious hills, | |
| Where PHŒBE and VENUS have a several fort. | |
| Her couch, with snowy lilies, PHŒBE fills, | |
| But VENUS, with red roses, hers adorneth; | |
| There, they, with silent tokens, do dispute | 10 |
| Whilst PHŒBE, VENUS; VENUS, PHŒBE scorneth! | |
| And all the Graces, judgers there sit mute | |
| To give their verdict; till great JOVE said this, | |
| “DIANA’s arrows wound not, like thy kiss!” | | | | |
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