Sidney

Famous quotes containing the word sidney:

    In vain thou kindlest all thy smoky fire,
    For virtue hath this better lesson taught,
    Within myself to seek my only hire,
    Desiring nought but how to kill desire.
    —Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)

    That busy archer his sharp arrows tries?
    —Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)

    O sweet woods, the delight of solitariness!
    —Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)