| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet LXXXI. O kingly Jealousy! which canst admit | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | O KINGLY Jealousy! which canst admit | |
| No thought of compeers in thine high Desire! | |
| Love’s bastard daughter, for true-loves unfit, | |
| Scalding men’s hearts with force of secret fire! | |
| Thou poisoned Canker of much beauteous Love! | 5 |
| Fostered with Envy’s paps, with wrathful rage! | |
| Thou (which dost still thine own destruction move) | |
| With eagle’s eyes, which secret watch doth wage! | |
| With peacock’s feet, to steal in unawares! | |
| With PROGNE’s wings, to false suspect which flies! | 10 |
| Which virtues hold in durance, rashly dares! | |
| Provoker and maintainer of vain lies! | |
| Who, with rich virtues and fair love possessed, | |
| Causeless! hast All, to thine heart’s hell addressed! | | | | |
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