Certainly, I must confess my own barbarousness, I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet.

— Philip Sidney An Apology of Poetry, or The Defence of Poesy (1595)

Notes from Wikiquote

The old song is usually known as "The Ballad of Chevy Chase" or "The Hunting of the Cheviot".

The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia (1580)

The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia (1580)

The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia (1580)

An Apology of Poetry, or The Defence of Poesy (1595)

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