Astrophel and Stella - Sonnet XXVIII
You that with Allegories curious frame Of others children changelings vse to make, With me those pains, for Gods sake, do not take: I list not dig so deep for brazen fame, When I say Stella I do meane the same Princesse of beauty for whose only sake The raines of Loue I loue, though neuer slake, And ioy therein, though nations count it shame. I beg no subiect to vse eloquence, Nor in hid wayes to guide philosophy: Looke at my hands for no such quintessence; But know that I in pure simplicitie Breathe out the flames which burn within my heart, Loue onely reading vnto me this arte.
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"You that with Allegories curious frame..."
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