You that with allegory's curious frame, <br />Of others' children changelings use to make, <br />With me those pains for God's sake do not take: <br />I list not dig so deep for brazen fame. <br /> <br />When I say "Stella," I do mean the same <br />Princess of Beauty, for whose only sake <br />The reins of Love I love, though never slake, <br />And joy therein, though nations count it shame. <br /> <br />I beg no subject to use eloquence, <br />Nor in hid ways do guide Philosophy: <br />Look at my hands for no such quintessence; <br /> <br />But know that I in pure simplicity <br />Breathe out the flames which burn within my heart <br />Love only reading unto me this art.<br /><br />Sir Philip Sidney<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-xxviii-you-that-with-allegory-s-curious-f/
