Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.
Parthenophil and ParthenopheMadrigal 22. In centre of these Stars of Love
Barnabe Barnes (1569?1609)I
(’Bove all conceits in man’s capacity,)
An orient jet which did not move,
To C
Was fixed; which could, with mild rapacity,
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
Of all their physiognomies impassionate.
Those hearts, which tyrant Love doth beat upon,
May here behold, what C
Yielding in it, that figure fashionate
Which in the jetty mirror lurks.