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Not at first sight, nor with a dribbed shot
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: Love gave the wound, which while I breathe will bleed;  
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==Text==
: But known worth did in mine of time proceed,  
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Not at first sight, nor with a dribbed shot<br>
: Till by degrees it had full conquest got:
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Love gave the wound, which while I breathe will bleed;<br>
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But known worth did in mine of time proceed,<br>
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Till by degrees it had full conquest got&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I saw and liked, I liked but loved not;<br>
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I lov'd, but straight did not what Love decreed.<br>
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At length to love's decrees I, forc'd, agreed,<br>
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Yet with repining at so partial lot.<br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Now even that footstep of lost liberty<br>
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Is gone, and now like slave-born Muscovite<br>
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I call it praise to suffer tyranny;<br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And now employ the remnant of my wit<br>
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To make myself believe that all is well,<br>
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While with a feeling skill I paint my hell.<br>
  
I saw and liked, I liked but loved not;
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==First Edition==
: I lov'd, but straight did not what Love decreed.  
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Sir Philip Sidney. "Not at first sight." ''Astrophel and Stella''. London: Thomas Newman, 1591. [http://eebo.chadwyck.com/search/full_rec?SOURCE=pgimages.cfg&ACTION=ByID&ID=99846409&FILE=../session/1207652912_15697&SEARCHSCREEN=CITATIONS&VID=11373&PAGENO=2&ZOOM=FIT&VIEWPORT=&SEARCHCONFIG=var_spell.cfg&DISPLAY=DATE_ASC&HIGHLIGHT_KEYWORD=undefined EEBO]
: At length to love's decrees I, forc'd, agreed,
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: Yet with repining at so partial lot.
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Now even that footstep of lost liberty
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==Further Reading==
: Is gone, and now like slave-born Muscovite
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*MacArthur, J. ''Critical Contexts of Sidney's Astrophil and Stella, and Spencer's Amoretti''. Victoria: University of Victoria Press, 1989.
: I call it praise to suffer tyranny;
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And now employ the remnant of my wit
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==External Links==
: To make myself believe that all is well,
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*[https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/794/astrophel.pdf?sequence=1 Renascence Editions]
: While with a feeling skill I paint my hell.
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[[Category:16th century|1591]]
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[[Category:1590s|1591]]
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[[Category:By author|Sidney, Philip, Sir]]

Latest revision as of 09:17, 28 October 2009

Text

Not at first sight, nor with a dribbed shot
Love gave the wound, which while I breathe will bleed;
But known worth did in mine of time proceed,
Till by degrees it had full conquest got    
    I saw and liked, I liked but loved not;
I lov'd, but straight did not what Love decreed.
At length to love's decrees I, forc'd, agreed,
Yet with repining at so partial lot.
    Now even that footstep of lost liberty
Is gone, and now like slave-born Muscovite
I call it praise to suffer tyranny;
    And now employ the remnant of my wit
To make myself believe that all is well,
While with a feeling skill I paint my hell.

First Edition

Sir Philip Sidney. "Not at first sight." Astrophel and Stella. London: Thomas Newman, 1591. EEBO

Further Reading

  • MacArthur, J. Critical Contexts of Sidney's Astrophil and Stella, and Spencer's Amoretti. Victoria: University of Victoria Press, 1989.

External Links