Love

Sonnet 39

by Sir Philip Sidney 1554–1586

Love

AS good to write, as for to lie and groane,
O Stella deere, how much thy power hath wrought,
That hast my minde now of the basest brought,
My still kept course while others sleepe to moane;
Alas if thou, the height of Vertues throane,
Canst but vouchsafe the influence of a thought,
Vpon a wretch which long thy grace hath sought,
Way then by thee how I am ouerthrowne;
And then thinke thus, although thy beautie be
Made manifest, by such a victorie,
Yet noblest Conquerers doe wreaks auoide;
Since then thou hast so farre subdued me,
That in my hart I offer still to thee,
O doe not let thy Temple be destroide.

MLA

Sidney, Philip. “Sonnet 39.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sidney/38/.

Chicago

Sidney, Philip. “Sonnet 39.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sidney/38/.

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