Sir Philip Sidney

Astrophil and Stella

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Sir Philip Sidney



Astrophil and Stella is a sonnet sequence written by Philip Sidney, an Elizabethan poet and courtier. It details the frustrated love of Astr…

The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

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Sir Philip Sidney



Arcadia is a prose work by Sir Philip Sidney, a classic of the Renaissance pastoral and a work of high romance, a fleeting vision of a lost …

To Sleep

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Sir Philip Sidney



LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of To Sleep by Sir Philip Sidney. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 23, 2014.Sir Ph…

The Psalmes of David (Sidney Psalms)

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Sir Philip Sidney



A poetic version of the Psalms by Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) and his sister, Mary Sidney Herbert, the Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621). &…

My True Love

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Sir Philip Sidney



LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of My True Love by Sir Philip Sidney. This was the weekly poetry project for May 24th, 2009.

The Defense of Poesy

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Sir Philip Sidney



Sidney envisions the world as an ideally ordered structure that rewards good and punishes evil, but this order, vitiated by sin, has fallen …

A Cabinet of Gems

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George MacDonald and Sir Philip Sidney



A Cabinet of Gems, cut and polished by Sir Philip Sidney; now, for the more radiance, presented without their setting by George MacDonald.&q…

Double Sestina - Ye Goatherd Gods

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Sir Philip Sidney



LibriVox volunteers bring you recordings of Double Sestina - Ye Goatherd Gods by Phillip Sidney.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for…

The "Old" Arcadia

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Sir Philip Sidney



Sir Philip Sidney wrote two romances which he called Arcadia. The revised version he never finished because of his untimely death on the bat…

Astrophil and Stella (Version 2)

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Sir Philip Sidney



Astrophil and Stella is a sequence of sonnets and songs written by Sir Philip Sidney, the Elizabethan poet, courtier and soldier. It details…

Astrophel and Stella

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Sir Philip Sidney



Sonnet sequences, which these poems by Sidney made very popular in the Elizabethan age, reflected the Medieval motif of courtly love, whereb…