| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Ode 20. Asclepiad | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | O SWEET, pitiless eye, beautiful orient | |
| (Since my faith is a rock, durable everywhere), | |
| Smile! and shine with a glance, heartily me to joy! | |
| Beauty taketh a place! Pity regards it not! | |
| Virtue findeth a throne, settled in every part! | 5 |
| Pity found none at all, banished everywhere! | |
| Since then, Beauty triumphs (Chastity’s enemy), | |
| And Virtue cleped is, much to be pitiful; | |
| And since that thy delight is ever virtuous: | |
| My tears, PARTHENOPHE! pity! Be pitiful! | 10 |
| So shall men Thee repute great! as a holy Saint! | |
| So shall Beauty remain, mightily glorified! | |
| So thy fame shall abound, durably chronicled! | |
| Then, sweet PARTHENOPHE! pity! Be merciful! | | | | |
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