Excerpt from The Complete Poems of Sir Philip Sidney, Vol. 3 of 3
The Countesse of Pembroke's 'Arcadia.'
LI. Love-line 'Engraved' on a Tree.
Doe not disdaine, O streight vp-raisèd pine,
That, wounding thee, my thoughts in thee I graue,
Since that my thoughts, as streight as streightnesse
thine,
No smaller wound - alas, far deeper - haue:
Deeper engrau'd, which salue nor time can saue,
Giu'n to my heart by my sore-wounded eyene:
Thus cru...
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