Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AMORETTI: 18, by EDMUND SPENSER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The rolling wheel that runneth often round Last Line: Whiles she as steele and flint doth still remayne. Alternate Author Name(s): Clout, Colin Variant Title(s): "the Rolling Wheele That Runneth Often Round,""; Subject(s): Love – Complaints | ||||||||
The rolling wheele, that runneth often round, The hardest steele in tract of time doth teare: And drizling drops, that often doe redound, The firmest flint doth in continuance weare: Yet cannot I, with many a dropping teare And long intreaty, soften her hard hart, That she will once vouchsafe my plaint to heare, Or looke with pitty on my payneful smart. But when I pleade, she bids me play my part, And when I weep, she sayes teares are but water, And when I sigh, she sayes I know the art, And when I waile, she turnes hir selfe to laughter. So do I weepe, and wayle, and pleade in vaine, Whiles she as steele and flint doth still remayne. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TRIESTE - CIAO TO ITALY by SANDRA CISNEROS NAMING PARTS by CAROL ANN DUFFY UNHAPPY LOVE POEM by EDWARD HIRSCH LOVE IS HIS NEMESIS: IT FOLLOWS HIM INTO SLEEP by DAVID IGNATOW |
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