I wish no rich-refinde Arabian gold,
Nor 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 Parthenophe may get:
Her heires no grace of golden wyers want,
Pure pearles with perfect Rubines are in set,
True Dyamondes in eyes, Saphires in vaynes,
Nor can I that soft Iuory skinne forget:
England in one small subiect such containes.