| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet LXXVIII. The proudest Planet in his highest sphere | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | THE PROUDEST Planet in his highest sphere, | |
| Saturn, enthronist in thy frowning brows! | |
| Next awful Jove, thy majesty doth bear! | |
| And unto dreadful Mars, thy courage bows! | |
| Drawn from thy noble grandfathers of might. | 5 |
| Amongst the laurel-crowned Poets sweet, | |
| And sweet Musicians, take the place by right! | |
| For Phœbus, with thy graces thought it meet. | |
| Venus doth sit upon thy lips, and chin! | |
| And Hermes hath enriched thy wits divine! | 10 |
| Phœbe with chaste desires, thine heart did win! | |
| The Planets thus to thee, their powers resign! | |
| Whom Planets honour thus, is any such? | |
| My Muse, then, cannot honour her too much! | | | | |
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