1. Sir Philip Sidney
Sonnet: “Loving in truth, and fain in verse my love to show”

From “Astrophel and Stella”
LOVING in truth, and fain in verse my love to show,
That she, dear she, might take some pleasure of my pain,—
Pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know,
Knowledge might pity win, and pity grace obtain,—
I sought...

Poet: Sir Philip Sidney
Sonnet: “With how sad steps”

From “Astrophel and Stella”
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 heavenly place
That busy Archer his sharp arrows tries?
Sure, if that long-with-love-acquainted eyes...

Poet: Sir Philip Sidney