| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Astrophel and Stella | | X. Reason! in faith, thou art well served! that still | | Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586) |
| | | REASON! in faith, thou art well served! that still | |
| Wouldst brabbling be with Sense and LOVE in me. | |
| I rather wisht thee climb the Muses’ hill, | |
| Or reach the fruit of Nature’s choicest tree, | |
| Or seek heaven’s course, or heaven’s inside to see. | 5 |
| Why shouldst thou toil, our thorny soil to till? | |
| Leave SENSE! and those which SENSE’s objects be. | |
| Deal thou with powers! of thoughts, leave LOVE to will! | |
| But thou wouldst needs fight both with LOVE and SENSE | |
| With sword of wit, giving wounds of dispraise; | 10 |
| Till downright blows did foil thy cunning fence. | |
| For soon as they strake thee with STELLA’s rays; | |
| REASON! thou kneel’dst; and offeredst straight to prove | |
| By reason good, good reason her to love. | | | | |
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