With what sharp checks I in myself am shent,
When into Reason's audit I do go:
And by just counts myself a bankrupt know
Of all the goods, which heav'n to me hath lent:
Unable quite to pay even Nature's rent,
Which unto it by birthright I do owe:
And, which is worse, no good excuse can show,
But that my wealth I have most idly spend.
My youth doth waste, my knowledge brings forth toys,
My wit doth strive those passions to defend,
Which for reward spoil it with vain annoys.
I see my course to lose myself doth bend:
I see and yet no greater sorrow take,
Than that I lose no more for Stella's sake.
Sonnet Xviii: With What Sharp Checks
Sir Philip Sidney
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Poem topics: nature, sorrow, wealth, good, knowledge, excuse, sharp, sake, reason, waste, youth, stella, reward, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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