Sir Philip Sidney
1554–1586
Best-known poems
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The Bargain
My true love hath my heart, and I have his,
By just exchange one for another given:
I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss, …
All poems (12)
- from Astrophil and StellaQueen Virtue's court, which some call Stella's face,
- Love’s SilenceBecause I breathe not love to everie one,
- PhilomelaThe Nightingale, as soon as April bringeth
- SleepCome, Sleep; O Sleep! the certain knot of peace,
- Sonnet: “Loving in truth, and fain in verse my love to show”From “Astrophel and Stella”
- Sonnet: “With how sad steps”From “Astrophel and Stella”
- Splendidis longum valedico NugisLeave me, O Love, which reachest but to dust,
- The BargainMy true love hath my heart, and I have his,
- The HighwayHighway, since you my chief Parnassus be,
- This Lady's CrueltyWith how sad steps, O moon, thou climb'st the skies!
- Voices at the WindowWho is it that, this dark night,
- “My true-love hath my heart”My true-love hath my heart, and I have his,
