| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet CII. Vain gallants! whose much longing spirits tickle | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | VAIN gallants! whose much longing spirits tickle; | |
| Whose brains swell with abundance of much wit, | |
| And would be touched fain with an amorous fit: | |
| O lend your eyes, and bend your fancies fickle! | |
| You, whom Affection’s dart did never prickle! | 5 |
| You, which hold lovers, fools; and argue it! | |
| Gaze on my Sun! and if tears do not trickle | |
| From your much mastered eyes (where Fancies sit): | |
| Then, Eagles! will I term you, for your eyes; | |
| But Bears! or Tigers! for your savage hearts! | 10 |
| But, if it chance, such fountains should arise, | |
| And you made like partakers of my smarts; | |
| Her, for her piercing eyes, an Eagle, name! | |
| But, for her heart, a Tiger, never tame! | | | | |
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