Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.
Parthenophil and Parthenophe[Dedicatory Sonnets.] To the most virtuous, learned and beautiful Lady, Mary, Countess of Pembroke
Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609)P
Great Favourer of P
In whom, even P
Muse’s chief comfort! Of the Muses, hatched!
On whom, U
In Fame’s rich Fort, with crown triumphing
Of laurel, ever green in lusty Spring,
After thy mortal pilgrimage, despatched
Unto those planets, where thou shalt have place
With thy late sainted Brother, to give light!
And with harmonious spheres to turn in race.
Vouchsafe, sweet Lady! with a forehead bright,
To shine on this poor Muse; whose first-born fruit,
That you (of right) would take, she maketh suit!