Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 87, by PHILIP SIDNEY



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First Line: When I was forced from stella ever dear
Last Line: I had been vexed, if vexed I had not been.
Subject(s): Love; Stars


When I was forced from Stella, ever dear,
Stella, food of my thoughts, heart of my heart,
Stella, whose eyes make all my tempests clear,
By iron laws of duty to depart;
Alas, I found that she with me did smart,
I saw that tears did in her eyes appear;
I saw that sighs her sweetest lips did part,
And her sad words my sadded sense did hear.
For me, I wept, to see pearls scattered so;
I sighed her sighs, and wailed for her woe;
Yet swam in joy, such love in her was seen.
Thus while th'effect most bitter was to me,
And nothing than the cause more sweet could be,
I had been vexed, if vexed I had not been.





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