Queen Virtue’s court, which some call Stella’s face,
Prepar’d by Nature’s choicest furniture,
Hath his front built of alabaster pure;
Gold os the covering of that stately place.
Sonnet 9, Sir Philip Sidney, lines 1-4
Sidney goes to extra lengths to describe the beauty of Stella as perfection in his eyes. It seems to me that he thinks of her more like a goddess than an ordinary woman. Stella seems more like fantasy than reality which will probably hurt him in the long run because looking for a perfect woman is nearly impossible.
