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Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.

Parthenophil and Parthenophe

Madrigal 23. Phœbus, rich father of eternal light!

Barnabe Barnes (1569?–1609)

PHŒBUS, rich father of eternal light!

And in his hand, a wreath of Heliochrise

He brought, to beautify those tresses,

Whose train, whose softness, and whose gloss more bright,

APOLLO’s locks did overprize.

Thus, with this garland, whiles her brows he blesses

The golden shadow, with his tincture,

Coloured her locks, I gilded with the cincture.