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Astrophel and Stella: 8

Sidney, Sir Philip
1Loue borne in Greece, of late fled from his natiue place,
2Forc'd by a tedious proofe, that Turkish hardned hart
3Is no fit marke to pierce with his fine pointed dart:
4And pleasd with our soft peace, staid here his flying race,
5But finding these North climes do coldly him embrace,
6Not vsed to frozen clips, he straue to find some part,
7Wherewith most ease and warmth he might employ his art:
8At length he perch'd himselfe in Stellas joyfull face,
9Whose faire skin, beamy eyes like mourning sun on snow,
10Deceiu'd the quaking boy, who thought from so pure light,
11Effects of liuely heate, must needs in nature grow.
12But she most faire, most cold, made him thence take his flight
13To my close heart, where while some firebrands he did lay,
14He burnt vnwares his wings, and cannot flie away.

Notes

1] Loue: Love, here, refers to Eros (or Cupid), son of Aphrodite (or Venus)
Greece: Greece, at this time, was ruled by the Ottoman (Turkish) empire. Back to Line
4] terminal comma added Back to Line
6] frozen clips: frozen embraces Back to Line