| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Astrophel and Stella | | XLI. Having this day, my horse, my hand, my lance | | Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586) |
| | | HAVING this day, my horse, my hand, my lance | |
| Guided so well; that I obtained the prize: | |
| Both by the judgment of the English eyes; | |
| And of some sent by that sweet enemy, France! | |
| Horsemen, my skill in horsemanship advance; | 5 |
| Townsfolk, my strength; a daintier judge applies | |
| His praise to sleight, which from good use doth rise; | |
| Some lucky wits impute it but to chance; | |
| Others, because, of both sides, I do take | |
| My blood from them who did excel in this; | 10 |
| Think Nature me a man-at-arms did make. | |
| How far they shot awry! The true cause is, | |
| STELLA lookt on, and from her heavenly face | |
| Sent forth the beams which made so fair my race. | | | | |
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