Astrophel and Stella: 39
Astrophel and Stella: 39
Original Text
The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia written by Sir Philip Sidney, Knight. Now the third time published with sundry new additions of the same author. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Walde-graue, 1599. STC 22542.
1Come sleepe, O sleepe, the certaine knot of peace,
3The poore mans wealth, the prisoners release,
4Th'indifferent Iudge betweene the high and low;
6Of those fierce darts, dispaire at me doth throw,
7O make me in those civill warres to cease;
8I will good tribute pay if thou do so.
9Take thou of me smooth pillowes, sweetest bed,
10A chamber deafe to noise, and blind to light:
11A rosie garland, and a wearie hed:
12And if these things, as being thine by right,
13Moue not thy heauy grace, thou shalt in me
14Liuelier then else-where Stellas image see.
Notes
2] baiting place: a place on a journey where refreshment is taken (and the horses fed) Back to Line
5] prease: press, possibly here meaning the thick of the fight or, in this case, the concentration of darts Back to Line
Publication Start Year
1591
RPO poem Editors
Marc R. Plamondon
RPO Edition
2007
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