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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 3, by PHILIP SIDNEY Poet's Biography
First Line: Let dainty wits cry on the sisters nine
Last Line: But copying is, what in her nature writes.
Variant Title(s): "let Daintie Wits Crie On The Sisters Nine"";
Subject(s): Love; Stars
First Line: Let dainty wits cry on the sisters nine
Last Line: But copying is, what in her nature writes.
Variant Title(s): "let Daintie Wits Crie On The Sisters Nine"";
Subject(s): Love; Stars
Let dainty wits cry on the sisters nine,
That bravely masked, their fancies may be told:
Or Pindar's apes, flaunt they in phrases fine,
Enam'lling with pied flowers their thoughts of gold:
Or else let them in statelier glory shine,
Ennobling new-found tropes with problems old:
Or with strange similes enrich each line,
Of herbs or beasts, which Ind or Afric hold.
For me, in sooth, no muse but one I know;
Phrases and problems from my reach do grow,
And strange things cost too dear for my poor sprites.
How then? Even thus: in Stella's face I read
What love and beauty be; then all my deed
But copying is, what in her nature writes.
Other Poems of Interest...
THE EPIC STARS by ROBINSON JEFFERS
HYMN TO THE STARS by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS
CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS
CLEMATIS MONTANA by MADELINE DEFREES
THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE by JAMES GALVIN
TO SEE THE STARS IN DAYLIGHT by JAMES GALVIN