| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet LXXIX. Covetous Eyes! What did you late behold? | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | COVETOUS Eyes! What did you late behold? | |
| My Rival gracèd with a sun-bright smile! | |
| Where he, with secret signs, was sweetly told | |
| Her thoughts; with winks, which all men might beguile! | |
| Audacious, did I see him kiss that hand | 5 |
| Which holds the reins of my unbridled heart! | |
| And, softly wringing it, did closely stand | |
| Courting with love terms, and in lover’s art! | |
| Next (with his fingers kissed) he touched her middle! | |
| Then saucy, (with presumption uncontrolled) | 10 |
| To hers, from his eyes, sent regards by riddle! | |
| At length, he kissed her cheek! Ah me! so bold! | |
| To bandy with bel-guards in interchange. | |
| Blind mine eyes, Envy! that they may not range! | | | | |
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