| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Astrophel and Stella | | XIII. Phoebus was judge between Jove, Mars and Love | | Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586) |
| | | PHŒBUS was judge between JOVE, MARS and LOVE; | |
| Of those three gods, whose arms the fairest were. | |
| JOVE’s golden shield did eagle sables bear, | |
| Whose talons held young GANYMEDE above. | |
| But in vert field, MARS bare a golden spear, | 5 |
| Which through a bleeding heart his point did shove. | |
| Each had his crest. MARS carried VENUS’ glove; | |
| JOVE on his helm, the thunderbolt did rear. | |
| CUPID then smiles. For on his crest there lies | |
| STELLA’s fair hair. Her face, he makes his shield; | 10 |
| Where roses gules are borne in silver field. | |
| PHŒBUS drew wide the curtains of the skies | |
| To blaze these last: and sware devoutly then, | |
| The first, thus matched, were scantly gentlemen. | | | | |
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