Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AMORETTI: 79, by EDMUND SPENSER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Men call you fair, and you do credit it Last Line: All other fayre, lyke flowres, untymely fade. Alternate Author Name(s): Clout, Colin Variant Title(s): "the True Fair;""man Call You Fayre, And You Doe Credit It,""; Subject(s): Beauty | ||||||||
Men call you fayre, and you doe credit it, For that your selfe ye dayly such doe see: But the trew fayre, that is the gentle wit And vertuous mind, is much more praysd of me. For all the rest, how ever fayre it be, Shall turne to nought and loose that glorious hew: But onely that is permanent, and free From frayle corruption, that doth flesh ensew. That is true beautie: that doth argue you To be divine, and borne of heavenly seed, Deriv'd from that fayre Spirit from whom al true And perfect beauty did at first proceed. He onely fayre, and what he fayre hath made; All other fayre, lyke flowres, untymely fade. | 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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