Astrophel and Stella LXXXIV: HIGHWAY
by Sir Philip Sidney
Highway, since you my chief Parnassus be,
And that my Muse, to some ears not unsweet,
Tempers her words to trampling horses’ feet
More oft than to a chamber melody.
Now, blessed you bear onward blessed me
To her, where I my heart, safe-left, shall meet:
My Muse and I must you of duty greet
With thanks and wishes, wishing thankfully.
Be you still fair, honour’d by public heed;
By no encroachment wrong’d, nor time forgot,
Nor blam’d for blood, nor sham’d for sinful deed;
And that you know I envy you no lot
Of highest wish, I wish you so much bliss,–
Hundreds of years you Stella’s feet may kiss.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Lo! Victress on the Peaks. by Walt Whitman
- John Anderson by Robert Burns
- Sonnet 112: Your love and pity doth th’ impression fill by William Shakespeare
- Singer in the Prison, The. by Walt Whitman
- Epitaph for Mr. W. Cruickshank by Robert Burns
- Robert Burns: Carle, An The King Come:
- Алексей Толстой – В совести искал я долго обвиненья
- Extempore in the Court of Session by Robert Burns
- Grandfather’s Love by Sara Teasdale
- Юлия Друнина – Верность
- Алексей Толстой – Сижу да гляжу я всe, братцы, вон в эту сторонку
- Motel Pool by P. K. Page
- Orlando Furioso Canto 24 by Ludovico Ariosto
- M for Man, Money and Moon by Raj Arumugam
- Going by Philip Larkin
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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.