| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Sonnet XCV. Thou bright beam-spreading Love’s thrice happy Star! | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | THOU bright beam-spreading LOVE’s thrice happy Star! | |
| Th’ Arcadian Shepherd’s ASTROPHEL’s clear guide! | |
| Thou that, on swift-winged Pegasus, dost ride, | |
| AURORA’s harbinger! Surpassing, far! | |
| AURORA carried in her rosy car. | 5 |
| Bright Planet! Teller of clear evening-tide! | |
| Star of all stars! Fair favoured night’s chief pride! | |
| Which day, from night; and night, from day dost bar! | |
| Thou that hast worlds of hearts, with thine eye’s glance, | |
| To thy love’s pleasing bondage, taken thrall! | 10 |
| Behold (where Graces, in love’s circles dance!) | |
| Of two clear stars, outsparkling Planets all! | |
| For stars, her beauty’s arrow-bearers be! | |
| Then be the subjects; and superior, She! | | | | |
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