| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet LXIV. If all the Loves were lost, and should be found | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | IF all the Loves were lost, and should be found; | |
| And all the Graces’ glories were decayed: | |
| In thee, the Graces’ ornaments abound! | |
| In me, the Loves, by thy sweet Graces laid! | |
| And if the Muses had their voice foregone; | 5 |
| And VENUS’ husband’s forge had lost his fire: | |
| The Muses’ voice should, by thy voice, be known! | |
| And VULCAN’s heat be found in my Desire! | |
| I will accuse thee to the gods, of theft! | |
| For PALLAS’ eye, and VENUS’ rosy cheek, | 10 |
| And PHŒBE’s forehead; which thou hast bereft! | |
| Complain of me, to CUPID! Let him seek | |
| In vain, for me, each where, and in all parts | |
| For, ’gainst my will, I stole one of his darts. | | | | |
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