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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RONDEAU OF SECRET SORROW, by CHRISTINE DE PISAN
First Line: Howe hard a thynge it is to dree
Last Line: How hard a thynge it is to dree.
Alternate Author Name(s): Christine De Pisan
Subject(s): Grief; Secrets; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: Howe hard a thynge it is to dree
Last Line: How hard a thynge it is to dree.
Alternate Author Name(s): Christine De Pisan
Subject(s): Grief; Secrets; Sorrow; Sadness
HOWE hard a thynge it is to dree
When heart doth weep and mouth must synge,
When grief must hyde from companie
Howe hard a thynge it is to dree.
Yet some must mask their miserie
Lest honour be a smirchéd thynge:
How hard a thynge it is to dree.
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