Astrophel and Stella: 5

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It is most true, that eyes are form'd to serueThe inward light: and that the heauenly partOught to be king, from whose rules who do swerue,Rebels of Nature striue for their owne smart.It is most true, what we call Cupids dart,An image is, which for our selues we carue;And, fooles, adore in temple of our hart,Til that good God make Church & churchman starue.True, that true Beautie Vertue is indeed,Whereof this Beautie can be but a shade,Which elements with mortall mixture breed:True, that on earth we are but pilgrims made,And should in soule vp to our countrey moue:True, and yet true that I must Stella loue.

© Sir Philip Sidney