Sidney, Sir Philip : (1554-86), English courtier & poet. The ideal gentleman of his age, a master of social graces, an idealistic politician, a military leader, learned in the arts & sciences, he was, after Edmund Spenser, the best writer of English prose & verse of his generation. He was one of the luminaries of Queen Elizabeth I’s court.
... Aphorism - 26 26—Sir Philip Sidney said of the criminal led out to be hanged, "There, but for the grace of God, goes Sir Philip Sidney." Wiser, had he said, "There, by the grace of God, goes Sir Philip Sidney." I have not understood the meaning of this Aphorism. Sir Philip Sidney was a statesman and a poet, but in spite of his success in life... of God." Sri Aurobindo remarks that had Sir Philip Sidney been wiser he would have said, "That could have happened to me too, by the Grace of God." For the divine Grace is everywhere, always, behind everything and every event, whatever our reaction to that thing or event may be, whether it appears good or bad, catastrophic or beneficial. And if Sir Philip had been a Yogi, he would have had the ...
... that I am unfortunate, but the wisdom that is not mine, sees the good that is coming and approves. 27) Sir Philip Sidney said of the criminal led out to be hanged, "There, but for the grace of God, goes Sir Philip Sidney." Wiser, had he said, "There, by the grace of God, goes Sir Philip Sidney." 28) God is a great & cruel Torturer because He loves. You do not understand this, because you have not ...
... collective plane the example had played an invaluable role in inspiring faith in man, in man's capacity to stick to truth despite adversity and great suffering. Or take the example of Sir Philip Sidney and his immortal last words - "Thy need is greater than mine." Nobody (or could there be some?) who had read or heard of the episode could have remained unaffected by it. Thus we have numerous ...
... American colonies. Elizabeth’s reign became England’s Golden Age. It was the age of the playwrights Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson; of the poets John Donne, Edmund Spenser, Philip Sidney, Georges Chapman; of the musicians Thomas Tallis and William Byrd; of the seafarers and explorers Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh, Martin Frobisher, John Davies and John Hawkins; of the philosopher... enough to enable these few individuals, however elevated their position, to undertake the steps just mentioned against the stubborn, conservative, centuries-old established powers and customs. Graham Philips writes: ‘Indeed, [the Aton] is unlike any Egyptian god: an all powerful, heavenly father who demands that his children live in “truth.” Precisely what this reference to truth implies is hard to say... than showy.’ 42 After Henry VIII died in 1547, young Edward VI acceded to the throne, but his health was poor and he died in 1553. Now Mary, Catherine’s daughter, became Queen and married Philips II of Spain. Both monarchs were fanatically Catholic and did their utmost to destroy the new Protestant Church in England, including people as well as books, so that the Queen was soon known as ‘Bloody ...
... in Milton's Fall'n Cherub, to be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering I may add that great line of Dunbar's, mostly forgotten: All love is lost but upon God alone, as well as Sidney's Leave me, O love, that readiest but to dust, and Auden's less sublime yet still quietly piercing We must love one another or we die. We may well come to almost a climax with Shakespeare's... with the line: Capturing the eye like a smile or a sunbeam, Penthesilea. In case after those ten pages you don't respond and can't go further, kindly pass the book on to your friend Philip Sherrard or somebody like him who is deeply conversant with Greek poetry both modern and ancient. Page 11 As you may recall from our old correspondence, it was about Ilion that... and refer to 'the sustained creative power of Savitri" without opening the volume and at least dipping into it in order to get some feel of its poetic quality, 1 have gone through quite a lot of Sir Herbert's writings and nowhere have I had the impression that he would make irresponsible statements on any work of art - especially statements couching the highest praise, however briefly - without ...
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