<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=519445" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnet 97: Dian, That Fain Would Cheer</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dian, that fain would cheer her friend the Night, <br>Shows her oft at the full her fairest race, <br>Bringing with her those starry nymphs, whose chase <br>From heav'nly standing hits each mortal wight. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But ah, poor Night, in love with Phoebus' light, <br>And endlessly despairing of his grace, <br>Herself (to show no other joy hath place) <br>Silent and sad in mourning weeds doth dight: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ev'n so (alas) a lady, Dian's peer, <br>With chice delights and rarest company <br>Would fain drive clouds from out my heavy cheer. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But woe is me, though Joy itself were she, <br>She could not show my blind brain ways of joy <br>While I despair my Sun's sight to enjoy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Philip+Sidney">Philip Sidney</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=519445" data-title="Sonnet 97: Dian, That Fain Would Cheer de Philip Sidney" data-description="Dian, that fain would cheer her friend the Night, Shows her oft at the full her fairest race, Bringing with her those starry nymphs, whose chase From heav'nly standing hits each mortal wight. But ah, poor Night, in love with Phoebus' light, ..."></div> </div> </div>

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