Sir Philip Sidney

Astrophil and Stella


Read by Elizabeth Klett


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

Short Poetry Collection 094


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This is a collection of poems recorded by LibriVox volunteers for the month of January 2011.

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 2: Love (Part 1)


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The second of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, incl…

The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia


Read by Nicole Lee


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 …

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 2: Love (Part 2)


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The second of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, inc…

To Sleep


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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 World's Best Poetry, Volume 3: Sorrow and Consolation (Part 1)


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The third of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection includes a range of famous poe…

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (Part 2)


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The sixth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, incl…

Sestinas


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The sestina has enjoyed intermittent popularity in English writing and translation since the sixteenth century, and this selection highlight…

My True Love


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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 Psalmes of David (Sidney Psalms)


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

Short Poetry Collection 075


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This a collection of poems recorded by LibriVox volunteers during the month of January 2009.

LibriVox 16th Anniversary Collection


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"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…

Short Poetry Collection 230


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This is a collection of 47 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for July 2022.

The Defense of Poesy


Read by Thomas A. Copeland


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

Double Sestina - Ye Goatherd Gods


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

A Cabinet of Gems


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

Astrophil and Stella (Version 2)


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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


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

LibriVox 17th Anniversary Collection


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"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…

LibriVox 19th Anniversary Collection


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"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…