Astrophel and Stella: III
by Sir Philip Sidney
Let dainty wits cry on the sisters nine,
That, bravely mask’d, their fancies may be told;
Or, Pindar’s apes, flaunt they in phrases fine,
Enam’ling with pied flowers their thoughts of gold.
Or else let them in statelier glory shine,
Ennobling newfound tropes with problems old;
Or with strange similes enrich each line,
Of herbs or beasts which Ind or Afric hold.
For me, in sooth, no Muse but one I know;
Phrases and problems from my reach do grow,
And strange things cost too dear for my poor sprites.
How then? even thus: in Stella’s face I read
What love and beauty be; then all my deed
But copying is, what in her Nature writes.
End of the poem
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- Straw sandal half sunk by Yosa Buson
- Resolution And Independence by William Wordsworth
- Jet by Tony Hoagland
- Lover’s Gifts XXVIII: I Dreamt by Rabindranath Tagore
- Olney Hymn 9: The Contrite Heart by William Cowper
- Вероника Тушнова – Тропа, петляя и пыля
- Farewell To Italy poem – Alfred Austin
- Иван Варавва – Раскинет объятия поле
- A Piece Of The Storm by Mark Strand
- Primitive by Sharon Olds
- With All Thy Gifts. by Walt Whitman
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- Totem by Sylvia Plath
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Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) was an English courtier, statesman, soldier, diplomat, writer, and patron of scholars and poets. He was a godson of Philip II of Spain. Sir Philip Sidney was considered the ideal gentleman of his day. He is also one of the most important poets of the Elizabethan Era.