"Once the poet has set himself the task of writing an amorous complaint, that deep melancholy which lay beneath the surface glamor of Elizabethan existence and which was so characteristic of Sidney himself, begins to fill the conventional form with a more than conventional weight. It surges through the magical adagio of the lines; they have that depth of reverberation, like the sound of gongs beaten under water, which is sometimes characteristic of Sidney as of no other Elizabethan, not even Shakespeare."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Theodore Spencer, 'The Poetry of Sir Philip Sidney', ELH: A Journal of English Literary History, Vol. 12, No. 4 (December 1945), p. 267
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_Sidney
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Philip Sidney
Sir Philip Sidney (November 30 1554 – October 17 1586) was an English courtier, soldier, poet and romancer. He was a friend and patron of Edmund Spenser, whose poetry he deeply influenced. During his own lifetime he attracted extraordinary admiration throughout Europe as the model of a Christian knight and chivalrous gentleman.
31 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Philip Sidney →
Related Quotes
"Who shoots at the mid-day sun, though he be sure he shall never hit the mark, yet as sure he is he shall shoot higher…"
"A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking."
"My true love hath my heart, and I have his, By just exchange, one for the other given."
"As in geometry, the oblique must be known, as well as the right; and in arithmetic, the odd as well as the even; so i…"
"And thou my minde aspire to higher things; Grow rich in that which never taketh rust."
"Thy necessity is yet greater than mine"
"High-erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy."
"They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts."
"Open suspecting others comes of secret condemning themselves."
"My dear, my better half"