Sonnet 66: And Do I See Some Cause
Sir Philip Sidney 1554 (Penshurst, Kent) – 1586 (Zutphen)
And do I see some cause a hope to feed,
Or doth the tedious burden of long woe
In weaken'd minds, quick apprehension breed,
Of every image which may comfort show?
I cannot brag of word, much less of deed;
Fortune wheels still with me in one sort slow:
My wealth no more, and no whit less my need,
Desire still on the stilts of Fear doth go.
And yet amid all fears a hope there is
Stol'n to my heart, since last fair night, nay day,
Stella's eyes sent to me the beams of bliss,
Looking on me, while I look'd other way:
But when mine eyes back to their heav'n did move,
They fled with blush, which guilty seem'd of love.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB ABAB XCX CXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 625 |
Words | 125 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
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