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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 27, by PHILIP SIDNEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Because I oft in dark abstracted guise
Last Line: Bends all his powers, even unto stella's grace.
Subject(s): Love; Stars
First Line: Because I oft in dark abstracted guise
Last Line: Bends all his powers, even unto stella's grace.
Subject(s): Love; Stars
Because I oft, in dark, abstracted guise,
Seem most alone in greatest company,
With dearth of words, or answers quite awry,
To them that would make speech of speech arise,
They deem, and of that doom the rumour flies,
That poison foul of bubbling pride doth lie
So in my swelling breast, that only I
Fawn on myself, and others do despise.
Yet pride, I think, doth not my soul possess,
Which looks too oft in his unflatt'ring glass;
But one worse fault, ambition, I confess,
That makes me oft my best friends overpass,
Unseen, unheard, while thought to highest place
Bends all his powers, even unto Stella's grace.
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