Stella Replies to Astrophil

A  1   Stella, I am, a star that you have seen.

B  2   So Astrophil, many a glance you steal.

A  3   I must admit, aware I have not been,

B  4   You’re earthly love, too dim, too weak, to feel.

C  5   To my luster you are attracted so.

D  6   Much song and verse with new-borne sighs do sing

C  7   Proclaiming love, your lies create your woe.

D  8   Perhaps my shine will be enlightening.

E  9   Pay Heed! Behold! My beauty is not yours.

F  10 Eyes are formed to serve the inward light, sir.

E  11 Cast thy glance from heaven unto the floor,

F  12 And trust, Sir Gazer, I’m too far, too bright.

G  13 False, and yet false, that you must Stella love.

G  14 Come land your flight, the crow and not the dove.

2

A  1   You ask, “Is constant love deemed want of wit?”

B  2   As lunar beams encourage ocean tides.

A  3  Do trust, the moon does not think much on this,

B  4  Her role too great, too profound to deride.

C  5   “Are beauties there as proud as here they be?”

D  6   How dare you make such claims against my pride?

C  7   Ungrateful is the term you used for me.

D  8   Do tell, where now doth thou virtue preside?

E  9   Commitment and passion reveal a sign,

F  10 Of true intellectualism within.

E  11 Come now, take not. Mature your childish mind.

F  12 Those who constantly love another win.

G  13 Alone you shall be, awake and asleep.

G  14 Much too divine a dream of stars you seek.

3

A  1   Have I no misfortune? You say I’m Rich.

B  2   Rich in all beauties and every part.

A  3   Clearly my healthy skin, you want to itch.

B  4   Not love, nor brains, nor virtue, nor my heart.

C  5   Your advances bring me to uncomfort.

D  6   Your whispering voice brings me sharpest pain.

C  7  Desiring me as such will not be worth

D  8   The stain of black, your reputation shamed.

E  9   No, No, No, No, My dear, Let Be. Please stop.

F  10 You are mad with delight, which makes me fright.

E  11 No, No, No, No, My dear, Let Be. Please stop.

F  12 My heart doth cry on this corrupted night.

G  13 Your deed this eve insult in many ways.

G  14 I Build my fame on higher-seated praise.

4

A  1   Here cometh the dawn, Away go the stars.

B  2 Though I will always be up in the sky,

A  3   Come find me again, and you’ll deal with Mars.

B  4   For me, you’ll mean nothing. From you I’ll fly.

C  5   Your guilt is so petty, Ruined you feel.

D  6   Accept now for closure, you never loved.

C  7   Time will tell all and some day you will heal,

D  8   You should start again fresh without the lust.

E  9   Now I must leave you, I wish to depart.

F  10 Beware the winged babe whose poison is strong.

E  11 You shall encounter new beauties apart.

F  12 Choose wise with whom you stir new affection.

G  13 Virtue Awake! Beauty but beauty is;

G  14 You may, you must, you can, you will, you do.