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Astrophel and Stella - Sonnet LV

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Muses, I oft inuoked your holy ayde,     With choisest flowers my speech t' engarland so,     That it, despisde, in true but naked shew     Might winne some grace in your sweet grace arraid;     And oft whole troupes of saddest words I staid,     Striuing abroad a-foraging to go,     Vntill by your inspiring I might know     How their blacke banner might be best displaid.     But now I meane no more your helpe to try,     Nor other sugring of my speech to proue,     But on her name incessantly to cry;     For let me but name her whom I doe loue,     So sweet sounds straight mine eare and heart do hit,     That I well finde no eloquence like it.

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