With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies! Resources

Read the complete Astrophel and Stella.

Try some of these out next time you want to sound smart.

This site has lots of Renaissance sonnets, and lots of great info and links.

Here's an excerpt about Sidney's death, from an early biography by Fulke Greville.

Wow, he was born in this awesome place?

Now this is neat.

This is kind of cute (and funny).

Here's a reading of the poem, accompanied by a picture of the moon.

Sonnet 31 starts this audio section of Astrophel and Stella.

Here's a painting of Sidney wearing a massive Renaissance collar.

Is this an actual photo of Sidney's death? Sorry, no. No cameras back then.

Here's a picture of Penelope Devereux, the woman Sidney once loved.

This drawing shows Sidney's funeral procession.

Wow, wow, wow, wow. We still can't believe this was once Sidney's pad.

Here's an article on "Astrophel and Stella" (different spelling here) from the early-twentieth-century edition of the Cambridge History of English and American Literature.

Maybe we should be skeptical of a publishing company called Dodo Press.

This book's about Lady Penelope Devereux, Sidney's supposed love interest and "model" for Stella.