Sir philip sidney poems. Sir philip sidney november 30 1554 october 17 1586 became one of the elizabethan ages most prominent figures. All poems of sir philip sidney. Many of sidneys finest poems are to be found in his long sonnet sequence astrophil and stella the first substantial sonnet sequence in english literature but he wrote a number of other poems which are much loved and widely anthologised.
Famous in his day in england as a poet courtier and soldier he remains known as a writer of sonnets. Today he is closely associated in the popular imagination with the court of elizabeth i though he spent relatively little time at the english court and until his appointment as governor of flushing in 1585 received little preferment from elizabeth. The grandson of the duke of northumberland and heir presumptive to the earls of leicester and warwick sir philip sidney was not himself a nobleman.
Thou blind mans mark thou fools self chosen snare fond fancys scum and dregs of scatterd thought band of all evils cradle of causeless care thou web of willwhose end is never wrought. Sir philip sidney 1554 86 was one of the finest poets of the english renaissance and a pioneer of the sonnet form and english love poetry. Thou blind mans mark.
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