Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AMORETTI: 56, by EDMUND SPENSER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fair ye be sure, but cruel and unkind Last Line: Whom ye doe wreck, doe ruine, and destroy. Alternate Author Name(s): Clout, Colin Subject(s): Beauty | ||||||||
Fayre ye be sure, but cruell and unkind, As is a tygre, that with greedinesse Hunts after bloud, when he by chance doth find A feeble beast, doth felly him oppresse. Fayre be ye sure, but proud and pittilesse, As is a storme, that all things doth prostrate, Finding a tree alone all comfortlesse, Beats on it strongly, it to ruinate. Fayre be ye sure, but hard and obstinate, As is a rocke amidst the raging floods, Gaynst which a ship, of succour desolate, Doth suffer wreck both of her selfe and goods. That ship, that tree, and that same beast am I, Whom ye doe wreck, doe ruine, and destroy. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN DIVINELY SUPERFLUOUS BEAUTY by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BEAUTY OF THINGS by ROBINSON JEFFERS HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LIFE FROM THE LIFELESS by ROBINSON JEFFERS REARMAMENT by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHANE ONEILLS CAIRN by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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