Sonnet XIII: Phoebus Was Judge

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Sonnet XIII: Phoebus Was Judge by Sir Philip Sidney

 Phoebus was judge between Jove, Mars, and Love, 
Of those three gods, whose arms the fairest were: 
Jove's golden shield did eagle sables bear, 
Whose talons held young Ganymede above: 

But in vert field Mars bare a golden spear, 
Which through a bleeding heart his point did shove: 
Each had his crest; Mars carried Venus' glove, 
Jove in his helm the thunderbolt did rear. 

Cupid them smiles, for on his crest there lies 
Stella's fair hair, her face he makes his shield, 
Where roses gules are borne in silver field. 

Phoebus drew wide the curtains of the skies 
To blaze these last, and sware devoutly then, 
The first, thus match'd, were scantly gentlemen.

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