| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Astrophel and Stella | | CVII. Stella! since thou so right a Princess art | | Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586) |
| | | STELLA! since thou so right a Princess art | |
| Of all the powers which life bestows on me; | |
| That ere by them ought undertaken be, | |
| They first resort unto that sovereign part. | |
| Sweet! for a while give respite to my heart, | 5 |
| Which pants as though it still should leap to thee; | |
| And on my thoughts give thy Lieutenancy | |
| To this great cause, which needs both use and art. | |
| And as a Queen, who from her presence sends | |
| Whom she employs, dismiss from thee my wit! | 10 |
| Till it have wrought what thy own will attends. | |
| On servants’ shame oft master’s blame doth sit. | |
| O let not fools in me thy works reprove; | |
| And scorning, say, “See! what it is to love!” | | | | |
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