Sir P.S.: His Astrophel and Stella: Wherein the excellence of sweete poesie is concludedSidney, Philip
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Sir P.S.: His Astrophel and Stella: Wherein the excellence of sweete poesie is concluded
Sidney, Philip
English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700; Sonnets, English
_3_ Better place no wit can finde
_Cupids_ knot to loose or binde,
These sweete flowers, our fine bed too,
Us in their best language wooe:
Take me to thee, and thee to mee:
_No no no no, my Deare let bee._
_4_ This small light the Moone bestoes,
Serves thy beames for to disclose,
So to raise my heart more hie:
Feare not, els none can us spie:
Take me to thee, and thee to mee.
_No no no no, my Deare let bee._
_5_ That you heard was but a mouse,
Dumbe Sleepe holdeth all the house,
Yet a sleepe (methinks) they say,
Yong fooles, take time while you may:
Take me to thee, and thee to mee.
_No no no no, my Deare let bee._
_6_ Niggard time threates if we misse
This large offer of our blisse,
Long stay ere shee graunt the same:
Sweete then, while ech thing doth frame
Take me to thee, and thee to mee.
_No no no no, my Deare let bee._
_7_ Your faire Mother is a bed,
Candles out, and curtaines spred;
Shee thinkes you do letters write:
Write, but first let me endite.
Take me to thee, and thee to mee.
_No no no no, my Deare let bee._
_8_ Sweete, alas why strive you thus?
Concord better fitteth us;
Leave to _Mars_ the force of hands.
Your power in your beautie stands.
Take me to thee, and thee to mee.
_No no no no, my Deare let bee._
_9_ Woe to mee, and do you sweare,
Me to hate but I forbeare?
Curst be my destinies all,
That brought mee so high to fall:
Soone with my death Ile please thee.
_No no no no, my Deare let bee._
_The fifth Sonnet._
While favour fed my hope, delight with hope was brought,
Thought waited on delight, and speach did follow thought,
Then drew my tongue and pen records unto thy glorie;
I thought all words were lost that were not spent of thee,
I thought each place was darke but where thy lights would be,
And all eares worse than deaffe, that heard not out thy storie.
_2_ I said thou wert most faire, and so indeede thou art;
I said thou wert most sweete, sweete poyson to my hart;
I said my soule was thine, ô would I then had lied;
I said thy eyes were starres, thy breasts the milken way,
Thy fingers _Cupids_ shafts, thy voice the Angels lay:
And all is said so well, that no man it denied.
_3_ But now that hope is lost, unkindnes kils delight,
Yet thought and speach do live, thought metamorphisde quite,
For rage now rules the reynes, which guided were by pleasure,
I thinke now of thy faults, who late wrote of thy praise,
That speech falls now to blame which did thy honour raise:
The same key open can, which can locke up a treasure.
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