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Lifetime: 1561 - 1621 Passed: ≈ 403 years ago

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Mary Sidney Herbert

Books by Mary Sidney Herbert

Psalmes of David (Sidney Psalms) Cover image

Psalmes of David (Sidney Psalms)

Poetry Religion
Devotional Renaissance Verse English Elizabethan Biblical Psalters Metrical Psalms Sidney Circle Sidney Psalms

The Sidney Psalms are a poetic rendering of the Psalms by Sir Philip Sidney and his sister, Mary Sidney Herbert, the Countess of Pembroke. Written in the late 16th century, they are considered a significant contribution to English Renaissance literat...