| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet LXXXV. From East’s bed rosy, whence Aurora riseth | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | FROM East’s bed rosy, whence AURORA riseth; | |
| Be thy cheeks figured, which their beams display | |
| In smiles! whose sight mine heart with joy surpriseth; | |
| And which my Fancy’s flowers do fair array, | |
| Cleared with the gracious dews of her regard. | 5 |
| The West, whence evening comes; her frowning brow, | |
| Where Discontentment ploughs his furrows hard! | |
| (There doth She bury her affections now!) | |
| The North, whence storms with mists and frosts proceed; | |
| My black Despair! long Sorrows! and cold Fear! | 10 |
| The South, whence showers, in great abundance breed, | |
| And where hot sun doth to meridian rear; | |
| My Eyes, whose object nought but tears require! | |
| And my soft Heart, consumed with rage of fire! | | | | |
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