To the Vestalls. Sonnet 30 (Sonnet 30)

THose Priests which first the Vestall fire begun,
Which might be borrowed from no earthly flame,
Deuisde a ves…ell to receiue the Sunne,
Being stedfastly opposed to the same;
Where, with sweete wood, laide curiously by Ar…,
Whereon the Sunne might by reflexion beate,
Receiuing strength from euerie secret part,
The fuell kindled with colestiall heate.
Thy blessed eies, the Sunne which lights this fire,
My holie thoughts, they be the Vestall flame,
The precious odours be my chaste desire,
My breast the fuell which includes the sa;
Thou arte my Vesta, thou my goddesse art,
Thy halowed temple one lie is my hart.