| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet XC. My Mistress’ Arms, are these; fair, clear, and bright | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | MY Mistress’ Arms, are these; fair, clear, and bright. | |
| Argent in midst, where is an Ogress set, | |
| Within an azure ann’let, placèd right. | |
| The Crest, two golden bows, almost near met: | |
| And by this Crest, her power abroad is known. | 5 |
| These Arms, She beareth in the Field of Love, | |
| By bloody colours, where LOVE’s wrath is shown: | |
| But in kind Passion, milder than the dove, | |
| Her goodly silver ensign, She displays, | |
| Semi de roses: at whose lovely sight, | 10 |
| All lovers are subdued; and vanquished, praise | |
| Those glorious colours, under which they fight. | |
| I, by these Arms, her captive thrall was made! | |
| And to those Colours, in that Field, betrayed! | | | | |
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