Astrophel and Stella: 62

Astrophel and Stella: 62

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.
1Late tyr'd with wo, euen ready for to pine
2With rage of Loue, I cald my Loue vnkind;
3She in whose eyes Loue thought vnfelt doth shine,
4Sweet said that I true loue in her should find.
5I joyed, but straight thus watred was my wine,
6That loue she did, but loued a Loue not blind,
7Which would not let me, whom she loued, decline
8From nobler course, fit for my birth and mind:
9And therefore by her Loues authority,
10Wild me these tempests of vaine loue to flie,
11And anchor fast my selfe on Vertues shore.
12Alas, if this the only mettal be
13Of Loue, new-coin'd to helpe my beggery,
14Deare, loue me not, that ye may loue me more.

Notes

4] terminal comma changed to period Back to Line
6] loued a Loue not blind: Since Cupid is blind, the Love that Stella loves is a non-erotic, more ideal Love. Back to Line
7] decline: descend Back to Line
10] wild: willed Back to Line
13] my beggery: my commonness, my lack of value Back to Line
Publication Start Year
1591
RPO poem Editors
Marc R. Plamondon
RPO Edition
2007
Form
sonnet