| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet XXXIII. Next, when the boundless fury of my sun | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | NEXT, when the boundless fury of my sun | |
| Began in higher climates, to take fire; | |
| And with it, somewhat kindled my Desire. | |
| Then, lest I should have wholly been undone; | |
| (For now mine age have thrice seven winters run) | 5 |
| With studies, and with labours did I tire | |
| Mine itching Fancies! which did still aspire. | |
| Then, from those objects (which their force begun, | |
| Through wandering fury, to possess mine heart), | |
| Mine eyes, their vain seducers, I did fix | 10 |
| On PALLAS, and on MARS! home, and in field! | |
| And armed strongly (lest my better part | |
| To milder objects should itself immix), | |
| I vowed, “I never would, to Beauty yield!” | | | | |
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