Have I caught my heav'nly jewel

Have I caught my heav'nly jewel

In Philip Sidney's sonnet sequence Astrophil and Stella, the speaker, Astrophil, is deeply in love with a woman named Stella. The sonnets explore Astrophil's unrequited love for Stella and his struggles with his own desires and emotions. One of the most famous sonnets in the sequence is Sonnet 31, which begins with the line "With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies."