Get Your Premium Membership

Astrophel and Stella VII: WhenNature Made her Chief Work

 When Nature made her chief work, Stella's eyes,
In colour black why wrapt she beams so bright?
Would she in beamy black, like painter wise,
Frame daintiest lustre, mix'd of shades and light?
Or did she else that sober hue devise,
In object best to knit and strength our sight;
Lest, if no veil these brave gleams did disguise,
They, sunlike, should more dazzle than delight?
Or would she her miraculous power show,
That, whereas black seems beauty's contrary,
She even in black doth make all beauties flow?
Both so, and thus,--she, minding Love should be
Plac'd ever there, gave him this mourning weed
To honour all their deaths who for her bleed.

Poem by Sir Philip Sidney
Biography | Poems | Best Poems | Short Poems | Quotes | Email Poem - Astrophel and Stella VII: WhenNature Made her Chief WorkEmail Poem | Create an image from this poem

Poems are below...



Summaries, Analysis, and Information on "Astrophel and Stella VII: WhenNature Made her Chief Work"

Sorry, no articles found.

More Information

More Poems by Sir Philip Sidney


Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry