| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | | Ode 13. On the plains | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | ON the plains, | |
| Fairy trains | |
| Were a treading measures, | |
| Satyrs played, | |
| Fairies stayed | 5 |
| At the stops’ set leisure. | |
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| Nymphs begin | |
| To come in | |
| Quickly, thick, and threefold! | |
| Now the dance! | 10 |
| Now the prance, | |
| Present there to behold! | |
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| On her breast | |
| That did best | |
| A jewel rich was placed! | 15 |
| FLORA chose | |
| Which of those | |
| Best the measures graced. | |
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| When he had | |
| Measures lad | 20 |
| PARTHENOPHE did get it! | |
| Nymphs did chide | |
| When they tried, | |
| Where the judgement set it. | |
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| Thus they said | 25 |
| “This fair Maid, | |
| Whom you gave the jewel, | |
| Takes no pleasure | |
| To keep measure; | |
| But it is too too cruel!” | 30 | | | |
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