Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AMORETTI: 63, by EDMUND SPENSER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: After long storms' and tempests' sad assay Last Line: All sorrowes short that gaine eternall blisse Alternate Author Name(s): Clout, Colin Subject(s): Marriage | ||||||||
After long stormes and tempests sad assay, Which hardly I endured heretofore, In dread of death, and daungerous dismay, With which my silly barke was tossed sore, I doe at length descry the happy shore, In which I hope ere long for to arryve: Fayre soyle it seemes from far, and fraught with store Of all that deare and daynty is alyve. Most happy he that can at last atchyve The joyous safety of so sweet a rest; Whose least delight sufficeth to deprive Remembrance of all paines which him opprest. All paines are nothing in respect of this, All sorrowes short that gaine eternall blisse | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SHE WANTS THE RING LIKE by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX |
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