Astrophil & Stella

When I read the sonnets of Sir Philip Sidney I understand that it is distance from the Lover that raises the love song. If he really had her in his arms he'd be writing sonnets all right, but nothing we could read.

But I also find it very sad that he didn't get the girl in the end, because he obviously wrote these sonnets to express his love and secure hers - and instead he got immortal fame.