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Sir Philip Sidney
(1554 - 1586 / Kent / England)
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76 poems of Sir Philip Sidney
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Nor envy's snaky eye, finds harbour here,
Nor flatterers' venomous insinuations,
Nor cunning humorists' puddled opinions,
Nor courteous ruin of proffered usury,
Nor time prattled a...
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Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), British poet. Arcadia. . .
Poets of the English Language, Vols. I-V. Vol. I: Langland to Spenser; Vol. II: Marlowe ...
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Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace,
The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe,
The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release,
Th'indifferent judge between the high and low....
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Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), British poet, diplomat, soldier. Astrophel and Stella, sonnet 39 (1591).
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''Thus, with child to speak, and helpless in my throes,
Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite:
Fool! said my muse to me, look in thy heart, and write.''
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Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), British poet, diplomat, soldier. Astrophel and Stella, sonnet 1 (1591).
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''With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies;
How silently, and with how wan a face.''
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Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), British poet, diplomat, soldier. Astrophel and Stella, sonnet 31 (1591).
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''Yea, worse than death: death parts both woe and joy:
From joy I part, still living in annoy.''
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Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), British poet. Certain Sonnets: A Farewell (l. 13-14). . .
New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1950. Helen G...
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''Oft have I mused, but now at length I find,
Why those that die, men say they do depart.''
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Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), British poet. Certain Sonnets: A Farewell (l. 1-2). . .
New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1950. Helen Gar...
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''With a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.''
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Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), British poet, diplomat, soldier. Defence of Poesie (written 1579-1580, published 1595).
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''O take fast hold; let that light be thy guide
In this small course which birth draws out to death,''
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Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), British poet. Love Me, O Love (l. 5-8). . .
Heath Introduction to Poetry, The. Joseph de Roche, ed. (3d ed., 1988) ...
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''Thy necessity is yet greater than mine.''
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Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), British poet, diplomat, soldier. Quoted in Life of Sir Philip Sidney, ch. 12, Sir Fulke Greville (1652).
offering h...
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''Ring out your bells, let mourning shows be spread.''
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Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), British poet. Ring Out Your Bells (l. 1).
HeIP. Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, e...
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