n the sonnet, "Leave Me O Love," Sidney begins by writing, "Leave me O Love which reacheth but to dust." This can be understood to mean that he is asking for the temporal loves that turn into nothingness and depart from his experiences during the course of his existence. Then in line two, "And thou my mind aspire to higher things," through his reference of his aspiration to "higher things," he affirms that he doesn't desire fleeting concepts, but, rather, seeks lasting concepts such as knowledge or religion. He then goes on in line three writing, "Grow rich in that which never taketh rust," so we can derive by way of metaphor, that he doesn't seek the material wealth of gold or other valuable metals, but, rather, seeks the eternal values of soul. He continues with the theme that all temporal pleasures will fade, as all that fades does. We see this in his words "Whatever fades but fading pleasure brings