| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Madrigal 24. Thus, as She was, ’bove human glory graced | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | THUS, as She was, ’bove human glory graced, | |
| The Saint, methought, departed; | |
| And suddenly upon her feet, she started. | |
| JUNO beheld, and fain would have defaced | |
| That female miracle! proud Nature’s wonder! | 5 |
| Least JOVE, through heaven’s clear windows, should espy her; | |
| And (for her beauty) JUNO’s love neglect! | |
| Down she descends; and as she walkèd by her, | |
| A branch of Lilies, JUNO tears in sunder. | |
| Then, from her sphere, did VENUS down reflect, | 10 |
| Lest MARS, by chance, her beauty should affect. | |
| And with a branch of Roses | |
| She beat upon her face! Then JUNO closes! | |
| And with white lilies, did her beauty chasten. | |
| But lovely Graces, in memorial, | 15 |
| Let both the Rose and Lily’s colour fall | |
| Within her cheeks, which, to be foremost hasten. | | | | |
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