Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.
Parthenophil and ParthenopheOde 13. On the plains
Barnabe Barnes (1569?1609)O
Fairy trains
Were a treading measures,
Satyrs played,
Fairies stayed
At the stops’ set leisure.
To come in
Quickly, thick, and threefold!
Now the dance!
Now the prance,
Present there to behold!
That did best
A jewel rich was placed!
F
Which of those
Best the measures graced.
Measures lad
P
Nymphs did chide
When they tried,
Where the judgement set it.
“This fair Maid,
Whom you gave the jewel,
Takes no pleasure
To keep measure;
But it is too too cruel!”