Parthenophil and Parthenophe Sonnettes, Madrigals, Elegies and Odes [by Barnabe Barnes] |
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SONNET XLVIII.
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SONNET XLVIII.
[I wish no rich-refinde Arabian gold]
I wish no rich-refinde Arabian goldNor Orient Indian pearle rare natures wonder,
No Diamondes th' Aegiptian surges vnder,
No Rubyes of America deare sold,
Nor Saphyres which rich Affricke sandes enfold
Treasures far distant, from this Isle a sunder,
Barbarian Iuories in contempt I hold:
But onely this, this onely Venus graunt
That I my sweet Pathenophe may get:
Her heires no grace of golden wyers want
Pure pearles with perfect Rubines are inset,
True Dyamondes in eyes, Saphires in vaynes,
Nor can I that soft Iuory skinne forget:
England in one small subiect such containes.
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