Astrophel and Stella - Sonnet VIII
Loue, borne in Greece, of late fled from his natiue place, Forc't, by a tedious proof, that Turkish hardned heart Is not fit mark to pierce with his fine-pointed dart, And pleas'd with our soft peace, staide here his flying race: But, finding these north clymes too coldly him embrace, Not vsde to frozen clips, he straue to find some part Where with most ease and warmth he might employ his art; At length he perch'd himself in Stellaes ioyful face, Whose faire skin, beamy eyes, like morning sun on snow, Deceiu'd the quaking boy, who thought, from so pure light, Effects of liuely heat must needs in nature grow: But she, most faire, most cold, made him thence take his flight To my close heart, where, while some firebrands he did lay, He burnt vn'wares his wings, and cannot flie away.
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"Loue, borne in Greece, of late fled from his natiue place,..."
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