Sonnet 28: You That With Allegory's Curious Frame

You that with allegory's curious frame,

Of others' children changelings use to make,

With me those pains for God's sake do not take:

I list not dig so deep for brazen fame.

When I say "Stella," I do mean the same

Princess of Beauty, for whose only sake

The reins of Love I love, though never slake,

And joy therein, though nations count it shame.

I beg no subject to use eloquence,

Nor in hid ways do guide Philosophy:

Look at my hands for no such quintessence;

But know that I in pure simplicity

Breathe out the flames which burn within my heart

Love only reading unto me this art.