With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies! Love Quotes

The first sign of the speaker's plight is evident here. He implies that Stella, his beloved, sees his "constant love" as a lack of intelligence, a sign that he's an imbecile or a joke. Stella sure sounds like a mistress of pain here.

Clearly, Stella is all about being loved but not loving in return. Love is only a one way street, and this really irritates Astrophel. This partly accounts for his feelings of sadness and pain.