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
15 random poems
- laugh to cry by Raj Arumugam
- Robert Burns: My Heart’s In The Highlands:
- Стефан Малларме – Устав от горького бездействия и лени
- Федор Сологуб – Короткая радость сгорела
- The Inheritance by Thomas J Camp
- The Holy Mountain of Hope by Thomas Ziemer
- Robert Burns: Epistle From Esopus To Maria :
- Юнна Мориц – Не вспоминай меня
- The Man Into Whose Yard You Should Not Hit Your Ball by Thomas Lux
- The Curse Upon Edward by Thomas Gray
- Стефан Малларме – Отходит кружево опять
- Николай Карамзин – Из мелодрамы Петр Великий (Жил был в свете добрый царь)
- Orlando Furioso Canto 3 by Ludovico Ariosto
- A New Year’s Gift by William Strode
- Sonnet LXII by William Shakespeare
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Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
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.