Sidney

Famous quotes containing the word sidney:

    “With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb’st the skies;
    How silently, and with how wan a face.”
    —Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)

    “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)