Swifter then tho ſe, most switne ſ ſe neede require? When night's blacke Mantle could mo ſt darkne ſ ſe proue,Īnd ſleepe (deaths Image) did my ſen ſes hyre,įrom Knowledge of my ſelfe, then thoughts did moue Hire: ie sleep hires (employs) her senses away from knowledge of herself. In AS, sonnet 20 describes Astrophil's heart being pierced by Cupid's dart. This kind of dramatisation is present in other sonnet sequences and probably derives from Petrarch. The depiction of Venus and Cupid, who are also present as characters in Wroth's pastoral play Love's Victory, sets up Wroth's theme of the speaker as a martyr for love, tortured by her desire. (Philip Sidney's sonnet sequence 'Astrophil and Stella', henceforth "AS", and Robert Sidney's sonnet sequence 'Rosis and Lysa', henceforth "RS"). The first sonnet in both F and P differs considerably from the opening sonnets in Philip and Robert Sidney's sonnet sequences. The sonnets are placed on a new page after the printed romance ends in mid sentence (in imitation, most probably) of the 1590 revised Arcadia. In P, where the sonnet sequence is also headed 'Pamphilia to Amphilanthus', the S fermé no longer appears, which might reinforce the sense that the sonnets are 'by' Pamphilia - although of course Pamphilia is also a version of Wroth herself. In the Folger manuscript, the sonnets begin by being 'named' as 'Pamphilia to Amphilanthus', but, as discussed in the textual introduction, they are frequently signed and separated by Mary Wroth's abbreviated signature: the S fermé, which confirms her identity as a Sidney (rather than a Wroth). I waking hoped as dreams it would depart He her obeyed, and martyred my poor heart. 'Dear son, now shoot,' said she, 'thus must we win.' The Goddess held, and put it to my breast. To burning hearts, which she did hold above.īut one heart flaming more than all the rest I saw, where sat bright Venus, Queen of love,Īnd at her feet her son, still adding fire In sleep, a chariot drawn by winged desire Swifter than those most swiftness need require: When night's black mantle could most darkness prove,Īnd sleep, death's image, did my senses hire *įrom knowledge of myself, then thoughts did move Yett ſince: O mee: a lover haue I bi n̅ s̸ I, waking hop'd as dreames itt would depart Hee her obay'd, and martir'd my poore hart, The godde ſs held, and putt itt to my brestĭeare ſonne, now shute ſayd she: thus must wee wi n̅ To burning hearts w ch she did hold aboue,īutt one hart flaming more then all the rest I ſawe: wher ſate bright Venus Queene of loue,Īnd att her feete her ſonne, still adding fire In sleepe, a Chariot drawne by wing'd de ſire
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When nights black mantle could most darknes proue,Īnd sleepe deaths Image did my ſence ſes hiereįrom knowledg of my ſelf, then thoughts did moue