Sonnet 10 Reason
Reason, in faith thou art well serv'd, that still Wouldst brabbling be with sense and love in me:
I rather wish'd thee climb the Muses' hill,
Or reach the fruit of Nature's choicest tree,
Or seek heav'n's course, or heav'n's inside to see:
Why shouldst thou toil our thorny soil to till?
Leave sense, and those which sense's objects be:
Deal thou with powers of thoughts, leave love to will.
But thou wouldst needs fight both with love and sense,
With sword of wit, giving wounds of dispraise,
Till downright blows did foil thy cunning fence:
For soon as they strake thee with Stella's rays,
Reason thou kneel'dst, and offeredst straight to prove By reason good, good reason her to love.
Sir Philip Sidney
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Sonnet 14 Alas Have I Not
Alas, have I not pain enough, my friend, Upon whose breast a fiercer gripe doth tire, Than did on him who first stole down the fire, While Love on me doth all his quiver spend,
Sonnet 71 Who Will in Fairest Book
Who will in fairest book of nature know How virtue may best lodg'd in beauty be, Let him but learn of love to read in thee, Stella, those fair lines which true goodness show There shall he find all vices' overthrow, Not by rude force, but swe...
Sonnet 18 With What Sharp Checks
With what sharp checks I in myself am shent, When into Reason's audit I do go: And by just counts myself a bankrupt know Of all the goods, which heav'n to me hath lent: Unable quite to pay even Nature's rent,
Sonnet 22 In Highest Way of Heavn
In highest way of heav'n the Sun did ride, Progressing then from fair twins' golden place: Having no scarf of clouds before his face, But shining forth of heat in his chief pride;