| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet LXVI. Ah, sweet Content! where is thy mild abode? | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | AH, sweet Content! where is thy mild abode? | |
| Is it with Shepherds, and light-hearted Swains, | |
| Which sing upon the downs, and pipe abroad, | |
| Tending their flocks and cattle on the plains? | |
| Ah, sweet Content! where dost thou safely rest? | 5 |
| In heaven, with angels? which the praises sing | |
| Of Him that made, and rules at His behest, | |
| The minds and hearts of every living thing. | |
| Ah, sweet Content! where doth thine harbour hold? | |
| Is it in churches, with Religious Men, | 10 |
| Which please the gods with prayers manifold; | |
| And in their studies meditate it then? | |
| Whether thou dost in heaven, or earth appear; | |
| Be where thou wilt! Thou wilt not harbour here! | | | | |
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