Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AMORETTI: 34, by EDMUND SPENSER



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First Line: Lyke as a ship, that through the ocean wyde
Last Line: In secret sorrow and sad pensivenesse.
Alternate Author Name(s): Clout, Colin
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean


Lyke as a ship, that through the ocean wyde
By conduct of some star doth make her way,
Whenas a storme hath dimd her trusty guyde,
Out of her course doth wander far astray;
So I, whose star, that wont with her bright ray
Me to direct, with cloudes is overcast,
Doe wander now in darknesse and dismay,
Through hidden perils round about me plast.
Yet hope I well, that when this storme is past,
My Helice, the lodestar of my lyfe,
Will shine again, and looke on me at last,
With lovely light to cleare my cloudy grief.
Till then I wander carefull comfortlesse,
In secret sorrow and sad pensivenesse.





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