| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet XCII. Wilt thou know wonders, by thy beauty wrought? | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | WILT thou know wonders, by thy beauty wrought? | |
| Behold (not seen) an endless burning fire | |
| Of Fancy’s fuel! kindled with a thought! | |
| Without a flame, yet still inflamèd higher! | |
| No flames’ appearance, yet continual smoke! | 5 |
| Drawn cool, to kindle; breathed out hot again! | |
| Two diamonds, which this secret fire provoke; | |
| Making two crystals, with their heat, to rain! | |
| A skin, where beauteous Graces rest at ease! | |
| A tongue, whose sweetness mazes all the Muses! | 10 |
| And yet, a heart of marble matched with these! | |
| A tongue, besides, which sweet replies refuses! | |
| These wonders, by thy beauty wrought alone, | |
| Through thy proud eye, which made thine heart a stone. | | | | |
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