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fracturedlilac: Two blue jays feeding outside my window chased away by a squirrel so gray while studying Sir Philip Sidney and the influence of DuPlessis-Mornay among some other French Huguenots makes for a great start today!

007kurwa: Sir Philip Sidney invented the name Pamela for a pivotal character in his epic prose work, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, written in the late 16th century and published posthumously.

kmwan35851: My true-love hath my heart and I have his, By just exchange one for the other given: I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss; There never was a bargain better driven.,Philip Sidney, The Poems of Sir Philip Sidney,heart, love, poetry,

indian_anchors: They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. ~Sir Philip Sidney

welfordwrites: Sad Steps, a poem by Philip Larkin. Inspired by a 16th century poem by Sir Philip Sidney, Larkin comes to very different conclusions.

WarwickshireCRO: It's great to see this conservation work! Warwick Castle's Fulke Greville was a lifelong friend of Sir Philip Sidney, and the pair attended Shrewsbury School together. You can find out more about Fulke Greville in our Greville Family collection!

HakungBagiso: Excerpt from The Nightingale, Sir Philip Sidney

RalphWaldo_LBL: The beautiful and the generous are, in the theory, the doctors and apostles of this church: Scipio, and the Cid, and Sir Philip Sidney, and Washington, and every pure and valiant heart who worshipped Beauty by word and by deed.

DARGPSF: "Fool!" said my Muse, "look in thy heart, and write!" Sir Philip Sidney, Astrophel and Stella, Sonnet I

ColinMahoney15: Why not tune in for Zander’s Sunday Sauce? We’ve got two renderings of Psalm 17, the first and more embellished translated by Sir Philip Sidney himself, read by Colin Mahoney. Signal’s clear! Aloud on White Ash Flies: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Philosopherstv: Sir Philip Sidney died a hero's death, and his works, including "The Arcadia" and his sonnet sequence "Astrophel and Stella," remain influential to this day.

Mike_May_Quotes: Which the poets indeed superstitiously observed; and truly, since they had not the light of Christ, did much better in it than the philosophers, who, shaking off superstition, brought in atheism. (Sir Philip Sidney, 1554 - 1586)

luca_dollar: Okay, screw it! I’m doing a collab song cover on Will you Won’t you. Any volunteers? Thomas: Me Duck: Stanley: Edward: Norman: Henry: Gordon: Sir Topham Hatt: Philip: Diesel: Me Emily: Percy: Sidney: Charlie: Scruff: Stafford: James: Me Belle: Flynn: Daisy: Henry: Bill & Ben:

luca_dollar: Updated list: Thomas: Me Duck: TheRedWestern Stanley: Edward: Fairly OddEngine Creations Norman: Henry: TheRedWestern Gordon: sirHandel16 Sir Topham Hatt: Philip: Diesel: Me Emily: Percy: Sidney: Charlie: Scruff: Stafford: James: Me Belle: Flynn: Daisy: Bill & Ben: Timothy:

luca_dollar: Another update to the list: Thomas: Me Duck: TheRedWestern Stanley: JLRosieFan98 Edward: Fairly OddEngine Creations Norman: Henry: TheRedWestern Gordon: sirHandel16 Sir Topham Hatt: Philip: JLRosieFan98 Diesel: Me Emily: Percy: DouglasFan10 Sidney: Charlie: Jonathan Asiamah

luca_dollar: Gordon: sirHandel16 ✔️ Sir Topham Hatt: Philip: JLRosieFan98 Diesel: Me Emily: Yilin Zhou Percy: DouglasFan10 Sidney: CosmicPercy Charlie: Jonathan Asiamah Scruff: Me Stafford: Crane Engine Studios James: MickeyFan 1909 Belle: TheChattyEngine Flynn: MickeyFan 1909

xhotelizabeth: reading about Sir Edward Spencer and Sir Philip Sidney- William Shakespeare is next how about you?

tacobender29: They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. Sir Philip Sidney.

ntikvrt: Sir Philip Sidney’s Apology for Poetry, Dryden’s Of Dramatic Poesy, and Matthew Arnold’s Essays in Criticism are all explorations of the nature of literature which are similar to Ānandavardhana’s or Rājaśekhara’s treatises.

ShrewsburyDHA: Sir Philip Sidney looks on approvingly at our pupils shortlisted for this Year's Richard Hillary Essay Prize. One hour, one unseen word, and a lot of entries with real "purpose". Congratulations Sandy (Rb), Isla (M), Sienna (M), Isabel (G), Eva (G) and medal winner Sam (S)

cindy_maddera: “My true love hath my heart…” Sir Philip Sidney

yarletschool: SIR PHILIP SIDNEY ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION Full article:

IonaItalia: As always when I have writer's block, I keep thinking about this sonnet by Sir Philip Sidney, the first in the sequence "Astrophil & Stella"—an underappreciated work whose outdated formal genre too often prevents readers from realising how startlingly insightful it remains.

RobertHWoodman: No sword bites so fiercely as an evil tongue. ~Sir Philip Sidney

Salesianum: Salesianum's Theater is getting ready to present the musical Head Over Heels from March 3rd-12th. The show features the music of the Go-Gos & the words of Sir Philip Sidney's "The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia". Go to

burgonsoc: The curious appendage on the left shoulder is often though to be a money bag for legal fees, but is a remnant of the ancient mourning hood. A clearer view of this hood can be seen in a 1587 print of the funeral of Sir Philip Sidney.

swarnashanmugal: Oft have I mused, but now at length I find, Why those that die, men say they do depart. By Sir Philip Sidney

HorcherF: and I am missing Sir Philip Sidney.

BeautytoTruth: I also wish for sleep, Mr. Sidney!

poetictouch: Leave me, O Love, which reachest but to dust; And thou, my mind, aspire to higher things; Grow rich in that which never taketh rust; Whatever fades but fading pleasure brings. ~ Sir Philip Sidney

francisrozon: It used to be “art imitates life.” Then Sir Philip Sidney listened to Lana Del Rey and wrote The Defense of Poesy in 1572 and it became “life imitates art.”

Muhamma52812915: I am thinking about writing a Defense of Urdu Poetry in line with Sir Philip Sidney.

welfordwrites: Sad Steps, a poem by Philip Larkin. Inspired by a 16th century poem by Sir Philip Sidney, Larkin comes to very different conclusions.

MayaCPopa: Happy Wonder Wednesday, friends. ✨ Today's installment is sponsored by Sir Philip Sidney's delightful phrase, "the zodiac of one’s own wit," & John of Salisbury's reference to “marvelous singularity,” or the emotional experience of wonder. More here:

marroncin: Biting my trewand pen, beating myself for spite, "fool", said my Muse to me. "Looke in thy heart and write". Astrophil and Stella, Sir Philip Sidney

RobertHWoodman: No sword bites so fiercely as an evil tongue. ~Sir Philip Sidney

etominusipi: "...For I shall meet Sir Philip Sidney And have talk with Coriolanus And other heroes of that kidney" from "A Cooking Egg" (1920) TSEliot

iswearenglish: Sonnet 1 by Sir Philip Sidney - Summary Analysis - Sonnet 1 - Astrophil and Stella by Sir Philip Sidney 1554 - 1586

JhtlMina: Astrophil and Stella by Sir Philip Sidney [Audiobooks Unabridged] Poetry Epic | Medieval

JohnWil71685113: Scroll back over my tweets/replies for the origin of Hell Hell Hell or LLL or LionL L L or look at the 2nd anagram from philip sidney's 'sir p s his astrophel and stella' Sharpe is Adonis is Sharpe. TT LLL. But its TT from the sonnets dedication.

synaesthesiapo1: Sir Philip Sidney on imagination 1579: "Only the poet [...] making things either better than nature brings forth, or, quite anew, forms such as never were in nature [...] freely ranging within the zodiac of his own wit."

ArthurLWood: A new comment on my recording of Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella (Sonnet One): “Your voice is so soothing.” Thank you!

CenturianTactic: "Foole said my Muse to mee, looke in thy heart and write." --Sir Philip Sidney, Astrophel and Stella (1586)

t3dy: 306 306 Sir Philip Sidney's name keeps popping up as a kind of cultural talisman, but the sympathetic magic has not worked. 315 Rosicrucianism *is* the Renaissance... the occult or hermetic tradition... is the single, defining element

rebrey: Blog post on the unfashionable art of rhetoric, via Scottish Nationalists and Sir Philip Sidney

TraceLarkhall: In which the Grocers’ Company provide pikemen for the funeral of Sir Philip Sidney in 1586

jardinsecret888: Good biographies of Sir Philip Sidney?? Please help

welfordwrites: Sad Steps, a poem by Philip Larkin. Inspired by a 16th century poem by Sir Philip Sidney, Larkin comes to very different conclusions. Click the link!

ClareMingins: "They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts." Sir Philip Sidney

worthwhilebooks: Sir Philip Sidney’s prescription for depression:

PP_Rubens: Almost missed the birthday (1554) of the great poet Sir Philip Sidney. Courtier, soldier, and in general the fairest flower of Elizabethan knighthood.

CelebBirthdayUK: November 30 Today is the anniversary of the birth of Philip Sidney Jonathan Swift Oliver Winchester Mark Twain Sir Winston Churchill Lucy Maud Montgomery Efrem Zimbalist Jr Virginia Mayo Graham Crowden 1/2

HBurpday: November 30 Today is the anniversary of the birth of Philip Sidney (1554) Jonathan Swift (1667) Oliver Winchester (1810) Mark Twain (1835) Sir Winston Churchill (1874) Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874) Efrem Zimbalist Jr (1918) Virginia Mayo (1920) Graham Crowden (1922) 1/2

NathanFrancis__: “Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: "Fool!" said my muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.” (Astrophel And Stella) Poems:

Jeremy_boypoet: Sunday Sonnet: With how sad steps by Sir Philip Sidney

peterdamianent1: Sonnet 31 - from Astrophil and Stella Sir Philip Sidney With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies! How silently, and with how wan a face! What, may it be that even in heav'nly place That busy archer his sharp arrows tries! Sure, if...

AmLyceum: Penshurst Place is the ancestral home of the Sidney family, and was the birthplace of the immortal Elizabethan poet, courtier and soldier, Sir Philip Sidney.

xreal_1: Sir Philip Sidney "With How Sad Steps, O Moon, Thou Climb’st The Skies" With how sad steps, O moon, thou climb’st the skies; How silently, and with how wan a face. What, may it be that even in a heavenly place That busy archer his sharp arrows tries?

piyaphat_ford: Why does Sir Philip Sidney have a big booby ass like what

Mrtentewa: They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. — Sir Philip Sidney

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BerownePats: 16th-Century Clapback: The Manipulation of Poetic Devices in Sir Philip Sidney's "An Apology for Poetry"

BerownePats: Tyrant or Temptress: Deciphering Meaning from Stella's Sole Reply in Sir Philip Sidney's "Fourth Song"

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LilyJaneMarple: From my college notes about the Elizabethan sonneteers: "Sir Philip Sidney was a hottie".

music_early: O you that hear this voice à 5 by William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

DavidCranmerUn1: became acquainted with Philip Sidney. In 1583, Philip Sidney married Frances, the 16-year-old daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham. Sidney played a brilliant part in the military/literary/courtly life common to the young nobles of the time. Both his family heritage and his

DavidCranmerUn1: England's biggest libraries. His scholarly status also took him into Elizabethan politics as an adviser and tutor to Elizabeth I and through relations with her ministers Francis Walsingham and William Cecil. He tutored and patronised Sir Philip Sidney; his uncle Robert Dudley,

CandleInWind2: My true love hath my heart, and I have his, By just exchange one for the other given: I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss; There never was a bargain better driven. His heart in me keeps me and him in one … Sir Philip Sidney

Jaennecom: 2022-11-06 – Sonnet 1 by Sir Philip Sidney

Fixedthatforya: upennmanuscripts: upennmanuscripts: Sweet kiss, thy sweets I fain would sweetly indite, Which e'en of sweetness sweetest sweet'ner art. -Sir Philip Sidney, Astrophil and Stella - Sonnet 79 A sweet kiss between an eel and a fish on f. 184v of...

RichieHof: Sir Philip Sidney, by Unknown artist, oil on panel, circa 1576

SteveLeoGrace1: ....With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies...... SIR PHILIP SIDNEY I'm afraid I can not go with you. Perhaps I'm more afraid that I chose not to climb this ladder with you. I love you more than anything, almost more than my own eroding sanity...

jntod: '[Nature's] world is brazen, the poets only deliver a golden' (Sir Philip Sidney)

nekomatapoetry: That is to say, the Renaissance poets played games with language. They did so from the baseline of the Petrarchan sonnet, and Sir Philip Sidney stands out because he both played and commented on the playing—imitated Petrarch and criticized Petrarch—while mastering the form.

welfordwrites: Sad Steps, a poem by Philip Larkin. Inspired by a 16th century poem by Sir Philip Sidney, Larkin comes to very different conclusions. Click the link!

devoidofvalue: Consider the age of nostalgic chivalry in which Sir Philip Sidney lived and wrote, for example.

nekomatapoetry: That is to say, the Renaissance poets played games with language. They did so from the baseline of the Petrarchan sonnet, and Sir Philip Sidney stands out because he both played and commented on the playing—imitated Petrarch and criticized Petrarch—while mastering the form

FolgerLibrary: Beloved scholar Katherine Duncan-Jones died last week. Duncan-Jones, the author of acclaimed biographies of Shakespeare and Sir Philip Sidney, gave our 2002 Shakespeare's Birthday Lecture. Listen to our 2015 interview with her about portraits of the Bard:

NathanFrancis__: “Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: "Fool!" said my muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.” Poems:

musicrecbot: Take a listen to: Psalm 23 by Sir Philip Sidney

CornelKakrabah: Today in 1586 Sir Philip Sidney died from a wound received while fighting beside Dutch reformers. He had loaned his armour to a soldier without any. Tradition has it that, aflame with thirst from bleeding, he nonetheless gave his last water to a dying soldier on the battlefield.

TudorHistory: Today in Tudor History: 17 October 1586 - Sir Philip Sidney died in Arnhem, Netherlands, 25 days after being shot in the leg at the Battle of Zutphen.

YEOLW0N: They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. Sir Philip Sidney

worldoftelly: I’m having a flashback to one of Katherine Duncan-Jones’s lectures on Sir Philip Sidney. She was impressive, lucid and engaging. RIP.

ajayshukla2020: Today the first sonnet of Sir Philip Sidney ‘s sonnet sequence “Astrophel and Stella”was discussed in MA first semester class . Explained few points on Smart board

blown_through: I had a dream that my high school gf was Sir Philip Sidney in all but face and that I had to reenact the Pyrocles Amazonian woman crossdressing plot from Sidney's Arcadia to woo her, and as she was showing me around a collection of neoclassical architectural models I noticed a

Book_Addict: Happy birthday to English writer Fulke Greville (October 3, 1554), author of “Life of the Renowned Sir Philip Sidney” (1652) et al.

timisanni: "Of all writers under the sun, the poet is the least liar; and though he would, as a poet, can scarcely be a liar [...] For the poet, he nothing affirmeth, and therefore never lieth." Sir Philip Sidney in "An Apology for Poetry"

ewinkler: 'Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite, 'Fool,' said my Muse to me, 'look in thy heart, and write.' - Sir Philip Sidney

HistoryOfNL: The Fatal Wounding of Sir Philip Sidney, by Benjamin West (painted 1806).

nekomatapoetry: Astrophel and Stella, an Elizabethan sonnet sequence of 108 sonnets, interspersed with 11 songs, by Sir Philip Sidney, written in 1582 and published posthumously in 1591. The work is often considered the finest Elizabethan sonnet cycle after William Shakespeare's sonnets.

nekomatapoetry: My lute, within thyself thy tunes enclose by Sir Philip Sidney My lute, within thyself thy tunes enclose; Thy mistress' song is now a sorrow's cry;

nekomatapoetry: The Nightingale BY SIR PHILIP SIDNEY The nightingale, as soon as April bringeth Unto her rested sense a perfect waking, While late bare earth, proud of new clothing, springeth, Sings out her woes, a thorn her song-book making, And mournfully bewailing,

nekomatapoetry: Astrophil and Stella 90: Stella, think not that I by verse seek fame BY SIR PHILIP SIDNEY Stella, think not that I by verse seek fame, Who seek, who hope, who love, who live but thee; Thine eyes my pride, thy lips my history; If thou praise not, all other praise is shame.

ahmedraoaf8: Yes school. “A mark of good literature is that it satisfies the moral sense.” — Aristotle “The very purpose of literature is the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue.” — Sir Philip Sidney

welfordwrites: Sad Steps, a poem by Philip Larkin. Inspired by a 16th century poem by Sir Philip Sidney, Larkin comes to very different conclusions. Click the link!



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