Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AMORETTI: 71, by EDMUND SPENSER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I joy to see how in your drawen work Last Line: Betweene the spyder and the gentle bee. Alternate Author Name(s): Clout, Colin Variant Title(s): "i Joy To See How In Your Drawen Work,""; Subject(s): Drawing | ||||||||
I joy to see how, in your drawen work, Your selfe unto the bee ye doe compare, And me unto the spyder, that doth lurke In close awayt to catch her unaware. Right so your selfe were caught in cunning snare Of a deare foe, and thralled to his love: In whose streight bands ye now captived are So firmely, that ye never may remove. But as your worke is woven all about With woodbynd flowers and fragrant eglantine, So sweet your prison you in time shall prove, With many deare delights bedecked fyne: And all thensforth eternall peace shall see Betweene the spyder and the gentle bee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ODE, PARAPHRASED: THE CUP by ANACREON TO MRS. PRIESTLEY, WITH SOME DRAWINGS OF BIRDS AND INSECTS by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ON A DRAWING OF THE CRUCIFIXION STILL VISIBLE ON A DUNGEON WALL by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON IN THE LIVING ROOM by ARTHUR SZE THE RIVAL ARTISTS by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY A PORTRAIT FROM THE LIFE by JONATHAN SWIFT EVISA: A SKETCH IN CORSICA by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS PEN-DRAWING OF LEDA. SODOMA. THE GRAND DUKE'S PALACE AT WEIMAR by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY |
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