| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Madrigal 12. Like to the Mountains, are mine high desires | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | LIKE to the Mountains, are mine high desires; | |
| Level to thy love’s highest point: | |
| Grounded on faith, which thy sweet grace requires. | |
| For Springs, tears rise in endless source. | |
| For Summer’s flowers, Love’s fancies I appoint. | 5 |
| The Trees, with storms tossed out of course, | |
| Figure my thoughts, still blasted with Despair. | |
| Thunder, lightning, and hail | |
| Make his trees mourn: thy frowns make me bewail! | |
| This only difference! Here, fire; there, snows are! | 10 | | | |
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