| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Parthenophil and Parthenophe | [Dedicatory Sonnets]
To the beautiful Lady, the Lady Bridget Manners | | Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609) |
| | | ROSE of that Garland! fairest and sweetest | |
| Of all those sweet and fair flowers! | |
| Pride of chaste CYNTHIA’s rich crown! | |
| Receive this Verse, thy matchless beauty meetest! | |
| Behold thy graces which thou greetest, | 5 |
| And all the secret powers | |
| Of thine, and such like beauties, here set down! | |
| Here shalt thou find thy frown! | |
| Here, thy sunny smiling! | |
| Fame’s plumes fly with thy Love’s, which should be fleetest! | 10 |
| Here, my loves’ tempests and showers! | |
| These, read, sweet Beauty! whom my Muse shall crown! | |
| Who for thee! such a Garland is compiling, | |
| Of so divine scents and colours, | |
As is immortal, Time beguiling!
Your Beauty’s most affectionate servant, BARNABE BARNES. | 15 | | | |
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