Astrophil and
Stella, Sonnet
88
Out, traitor absence; darest thou counsel me
From my dear captainess to run away,
Because in brave array here marcheth she
That to win me, oft shows a present pay?
Is faith
so weak? Or is such force
in thee?
When sun is hid, can stars such beams display?
Cannot heaven’s food, once felt, keep stomachs free
From base desire on earthly cates to prey?
Tush,
absence; while thy mists
eclipse that light,
My
orphan sense flies to the inward sight,
Where memory sets forth the beams of love;
That
where before heart loved and
eyes did see,
In heart
both sight and love
now coupled be;
United powers make each the stronger prove.