| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Astrophel and Stella | | XXXII. Morpheus! the lively son of deadly Sleep | | Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586) |
| | | MORPHEUS! the lively son of deadly SLEEP, | |
| Witness of life to them that living die. | |
| A prophet oft, and oft an history, | |
| A poet eke; as humours fly and creep: | |
| Since thou in me so sure a power dost keep, | 5 |
| That never I with close up sense do lie, | |
| But by thy work, my STELLA I descry; | |
| Teaching blind eyes both how to smile and weep. | |
| Vouchsafe of all acquaintance this to tell! | |
| Whence hast thou ivory, rubies, pearl and gold, | 10 |
| To show her skin, lips, teeth and head so well? | |
| “Fool!” answers he, “no Indes such treasures hold; | |
| But from thy heart, while my sire charmeth thee, | |
| Sweet STELLA’s image I do steal to me.” | | | | |
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