| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet III. He, when continual vigil moved my Watch | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | HE, when continual vigil moved my Watch | |
| Some deal, by chance, with careful guard to slumber: | |
| The prison’s keys from them did slowly snatch; | |
| Which of the five, were only three in number. | |
| The first was Sight, by which he searched the wards; | 5 |
| The next was Hearing, quickly to perceive, | |
| Lest that the Watchmen heard, which were his guards; | |
| Third, Touch, which VULCAN’s cunning could deceive. | |
| These (though the springs, wards, bolts, or gimbols were | |
| The miracles of VULCAN’s forgery) | 10 |
| Laid open all, for his escape. Now, there, | |
| The watchmen grinned for his impiety. | |
| What crosses bred this contrariety, | |
| That by these keys, my thoughts, in chains be left; | |
| And by these keys, I, of mine heart bereft? | 15 | | | |
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