| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Astrophel and Stella | | XII. Cupid! because thou shin’st in Stella’s eyes | | Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586) |
| | | CUPID! because thou shin’st in STELLA’s eyes; | |
| That from her locks, thy dances none ’scapes free; | |
| That those lips swelled, so full of thee they be, | |
| That her sweet breath makes oft thy flames to rise; | |
| That in her breast, thy pap well sugared lies; | 5 |
| That her grace, gracious makes thy wrongs; that she | |
| What words so e’er she speak, persuades for thee: | |
| That her clear voice lifts thy fame to the skies: | |
| Thou countest STELLA thine, like those whose powers | |
| Having got up a breach by fighting well, | 10 |
| Cry, “Victory! this fair day all is ours!” | |
| O no! Her heart is such a citadel, | |
| So fortified with wit, stored with disdain; | |
| That to win it, is all the skill and pain. | | | | |
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