Showing posts with label Mary Herbert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mary Herbert. Show all posts
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Ruskin on Sidney
While googling for clarification of a spotty text in the psalms of Philip Sidney and Mary Herbert, I stumbled upon John Ruskin's lengthy commentary on the Sidneian Psalms and their metres. It beginneth heere.
Friday, April 10, 2009
The Sidneian Psalms online!
Here's a gem of English psalmody: the 1823 edition of the Psalm translations of Philip Sidney (nos. 1-43), completed by his sister, Mary Herbert, after his death in 1586. John Donne wrote a short poem about their work.
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