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Sir Philip Sidney
1554 - 1586
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Astrophel and Stella - Sonnet CVII
Stella, since thou so right a princesse art / Of all the Powers which Life bestowes on me, / That ere by them ought vndertaken be,
Astrophel and Stella - Sonnet CVIII
When Sorrow (vsing mine owne fiers might) / Melts downe his lead into my boyling brest / Through that darke furnace to my hart opprest,
Astrophel and Stella - Sonnet CX
Leaue, me, O loue which reachest but to dust, / And thou, my mind, aspire to higher things. / Grow rich in that which neuer taketh rust;
Astrophel and Stella - Sonnet I
Louing in trueth, and fayne in verse my loue to show, / That she, deare Shee, might take som pleasure of my paine, / Pleasure might cause her reade, reading might make her know,
Astrophel and Stella - Sonnet II
Not at the first sight, nor with a dribbed shot, / Loue gaue the wound, which, while I breathe, will bleede; / But knowne worth did in tract of time proceed,
Astrophel and Stella - Sonnet III
Let dainty wits crie on the Sisters nine, / That, brauely maskt, their fancies may be told; / Or, Pindars apes, flaunt they in phrases fine,
Astrophel and Stella - Sonnet IV
Vertue, alas, now let me take some rest; / Thou setst a bate betweene my will and wit; / If vaine Loue haue my simple soule opprest,
Astrophel and Stella - Sonnet IX
Queen Virtues Court, which some call Stellaes face, / Prepar'd by Natures choicest furniture, / Hath his front built of alabaster pure;
Astrophel and Stella - Sonnet L
Stella, the fullnesse of my thoughts of thee / Cannot be staid within my panting breast, / But they do swell and struggle forth of me,
Astrophel and Stella - Sonnet LI
Pardon mine ears, both I and they do pray, / So may your tongue still flauntingly proceed / To them that do such entertainment need,
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