Parthenophil and Parthenophe Sonnettes, Madrigals, Elegies and Odes [by Barnabe Barnes] |
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SONNET CIIII.
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SONNET CIIII.
[Hold (matchlesse myrrour of all womankinde)]
Hold (matchlesse myrrour of all womankinde)These pennes, and Sonnettes, seruaunts of thy prayse,
Plac'd in a world of graces, which amayse
All young beholders, through desier blinde:
Thou to whom conquered Cupid hath resign'd
His bowes, and dartes during thy sunnie dayes,
Through thine eyes force infeebled by the rayes
Which wondrers to their cost in thine eyes finde.
That there with bewties excellence vnable
To write, or beare, my pennes, and bookes refuse,
Thine endlesse graces are so amiable,
Passing the spirite of myne humble muse,
So that the more I write more graces rise
Which myne astonish't muse cannot comprise.
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