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
- Ольга Седакова – Дикий шиповник
- Composed By The Side Of Grasmere Lake 1806 by William Wordsworth
- Федор Сологуб – В его саду растет рябина
- Water by Wendell Berry
- Inscription for the Headstone of Fergusson the Poet by Robert Burns
- A Terre (being the philosophy of many soldiers) by Wilfred Owen
- Алексей Жемчужников – Знакомая картина
- Godo Is Not Coming by Ndue Ukaj
- Poems, Potatoes by Sylvia Plath
- Temper Of Time by Sylvia Plath
- Sacrifice And Love
- Intruder
- The Temple of Fame poem – Alexander Pope
- A Passing Glimpse by Robert Frost
- Song Of Jasoda
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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.