Sir Philip Sidney - Astrophel and Stella: Sonnet XCVIII (Ah bed, the field where joy's peace some do see,) lyrics

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Sir Philip Sidney - Astrophel and Stella: Sonnet XCVIII (Ah bed, the field where joy's peace some do see,) lyrics

Ah bed, the field where joy's peace some do see, The field where all my thought to war be train'd, How is thy grace by my strange fortune stain'd! How thy lee shores by my sighs stormed be! With sweet soft shades thou oft invitest me To steal some rest, but wretch I am constrain'd (Spurr'd with Love's spur, though gall'd and shortly rein'd With Care's hand) to turn and toss in thee. While the black horrors of the silent night Paint woe's black face so lively to my sight, That tedious leisure marks each wrinkled line: But when Aurora leads out Phoebus' dance Mine eyes then only wink, for spite perchance, That worms should have their Sun, and I want mine