Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.
Astrophel and StellaLIII. In martial sports I had my cunning tried
Sir Philip Sidney (15541586)I
And yet to break more staves did me address:
While with the people’s shouts, I must confess,
Youth, luck and praise even filled my veins with pride.
When C
In M
“What now, Sir Fool!” said he (I would no less)
“Look here, I say!” I looked, and S
Who, hard by, made a window send forth light:
My heart then quaked, then dazzled were mine eyes,
One hand forgot to rule, th’other to fight.
Nor trumpets’ sound I heard; nor friendly cries;
My foe came on, and beat the air for me:
Till that her blush taught me my shame to see.