Amoretti: Sonnet 53 Edmund Spenser
"Amoretti: Sonnet 53" by Edmund Spenser explores the theme of love's transformative power and the idealization of beauty. The lyrics reflect on the speaker's admiration for their beloved, emphasizing the connection between love and art. The piece is a sonnet, showcasing rich imagery and intricate rhyme. #ClassicalPoetry. Released in 1595, it influenced later romantic poetry, celebrating the interplay of love and nature.
The Panther knowing that his spotted hyde
Doth please all beasts but that his looks them fray:
within a bush his dreadfull head doth hide,
to let them gaze whylest he on them may pray.
Right so my cruell fayre with me doth play,
for with the goodly semblant of her hew:
she doth allure me to mine owne decay,
and then no mercy will unto me shew.
Great shame it is, thing so divine in view,
made for to be the worlds most ornament:
to make the bayte her gazers to embrew,
good shames to be to ill an instrument.
But mercy doth with beautie best agree,
as in theyr maker ye them best may see.
Doth please all beasts but that his looks them fray:
within a bush his dreadfull head doth hide,
to let them gaze whylest he on them may pray.
Right so my cruell fayre with me doth play,
for with the goodly semblant of her hew:
she doth allure me to mine owne decay,
and then no mercy will unto me shew.
Great shame it is, thing so divine in view,
made for to be the worlds most ornament:
to make the bayte her gazers to embrew,
good shames to be to ill an instrument.
But mercy doth with beautie best agree,
as in theyr maker ye them best may see.
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