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	amoretti sonnet 6

poetrygeek87

4-16-2007 10:40 PM

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poetry, spenser, amoretti, lyric, sonnet

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4-18-2007 3:18 AM

akarra

That's really wonderful that you've brought out Spenser (you might want to credit him, even though people should know it's from him) for clipmarks.

Just some notes - "dureful" means lasting; "dints" - dents because of an effort.

I'm actually not clear if the speaker of this poem is exhorting someone to instill lust in the woman's heart, or true love. It's very curious how the imagery can work either way.

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<DT>Be not dismayed that her unmoved mind
</DT><DD>  Doth still persist in her rebellious pride:
</DD><DD>  And love not like to lusts of baser kind,
</DD><DD>  The harder won, the firmer will abide.
</DD><DT>The durefull Oak, whose sap is not yet dried,
</DT><DD>  Is long ere it conceive the kindling fire;
</DD><DD>  But when it once doth burn, it doth divide,
</DD><DD>  Great heat, and makes his flames to heaven aspire.
</DD><DT>So hard it is to kindle new desire,
</DT><DD>  In gentle breast that shall endure for ever:
</DD><DD>  Deep is the wound, that dints the parts entire
</DD><DD>  With chaste affects, that naught but death can sever.
</DD><DT>Then think not long in taking little pain,
</DT><DD>  To knit the knot, that ever shall remain.
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