| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Madrigal 22. In centre of these Stars of Love | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | IN centre of these Stars of Love, | |
| (’Bove all conceits in man’s capacity,) | |
| An orient jet which did not move, | |
| To CUPID’s chariot wheel, made for the naffe, | |
| Was fixed; which could, with mild rapacity, | 5 |
| Of lighter lovers, draw the lighter chaff. | |
| This, shadow gives to clearer light, | |
| In which, as in a mirrold, there was framed | |
| For those (which love’s conditions treat upon) | |
| A glass which should give semblance right | 10 |
| Of all their physiognomies impassionate. | |
| Those hearts, which tyrant Love doth beat upon, | |
| May here behold, what CUPID works! | |
| Yielding in it, that figure fashionate | |
| Which in the jetty mirror lurks. | 15 | | | |
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