Out, traitor Absence, darest thou counsel me <br />From my dear captainess to run away, <br />Because in brave array here marched she <br />That to win me, oft shows a present pay? <br /> <br />Is faith so weak? Or is such force in thee? <br />When sun is hid, can stars such beams display? <br />Cannot heav'n's food, once felt, keep stomachs free <br />From base desire on earthly cates to prey? <br /> <br />Tush, Absence, while thy mists eclipse that light, <br />My orphan sense flies to th'inward sight <br />Where memory sets forth the beams of love; <br /> <br />That where before heart lov'd and eyes did see, <br />In heart both sight and love now coupl'd be; <br />United powers make each the stronger prove.<br /><br />Sir Philip Sidney<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-88-out-traitor-absence/
