| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Astrophel and Stella | | XXXVII. My mouth doth water, and my breast doth swell | | Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586) |
| | | | [This Sonnet was first printed in the 1598 folio edition, appended to Sidney’s Arcadia.] |
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MY mouth doth water, and my breast doth swell, | |
| My tongue doth itch, my thoughts in labour be: | |
| Listen then Lordings with good ear to me! | |
| For of my life I must a riddle tell. | |
| Towards AURORA’s Court, a nymph doth dwell | 5 |
| Rich in all beauties which man’s eye can see: | |
| Beauties so far from reach of words, that we | |
| Abuse her praise saying she doth excel. | |
| Rich in the treasure of deserved renown. | |
| Rich in the riches of a royal heart. | 10 |
| Rich in those gifts, which give th’eternal crown: | |
| Who, though most rich in these and every part, | |
| Which make the patents of true worldly bliss; | |
| Hath no misfortune, but that RICH she is. | | | |
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