Astrophel

His Astrophel is a tender "pastoral elegie" upon the death of the most noble and valorous knight, Sir Philip Sidney; and is better known for its subject than for itself.

English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee

'Astrophel' is a fanciful half-Greek anagram for the poet's own name, and Stella (Star) designates Lady Penelope Devereux, who at about this time married Lord

A History of English Literature Robert Huntington Fletcher

Spenser's "Astrophel" is a lament over the death of Sir Philip Sidney.

Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism 1891

His great sonnet series, "Astrophel and Stella," brings the star lover (Astrophel) in search of his unrequited star (Stella).

Archive 2010-01-01 Rus Bowden 2010

In it, Astrophel (from the Greek for "Star Lover") pines for Stella (Latin for "star").

John Lundberg: A Short History Of The Sonnet 2009

A good example of an early sonnet is the 71st in Sir Philip Sidney's famous sequence Astrophel and Stella (published in 1591).

John Lundberg: A Short History Of The Sonnet 2009

Astrophel, (our matchless Sidney,) and the right honourable my very good lord of Oxford.

The Monastery 2008

And taking from the shelf a bag full of miscellaneous matters collected for the purpose, he began with great industry to dress hooks, and had finished half-a-dozen of flies (we are enabled, for the benefit of those who admire the antiquities of the gentle art of angling, to state that they were brown hackles) by the time that Sir Piercie had arrived at the conclusion of his long-winded strophes of the divine Astrophel.

The Monastery 2008

As there was none, he drank a few cups of claret, and sang (to himself) a strophe or two of the canzonettes of the divine Astrophel.

The Monastery 2008

Sidney's Stella was celebrated in his sonnet sequence "Astrophel and Stella," and the real-life Stella was Lady Penelope Devereux.

The Annotated "Stella Blue" Robert Hunter 2005