Sonnet LXXXVII
Edmund Spenser 1552 (London) – 1599 (London)
SInce I did leaue the presence of my loue,
Many long weary dayes I haue outworne:
and many nights, that slowly seemd to moue,
theyr sad protract from euening vntill morne.
For when as day the heauen doth adorne,
I wish that night the noyous day would end:
and when as night hath vs of light forlorne,
I wish that day would shortly reascend.
Thus I the time with expectation spend,
and faine my griefe with chaunges to beguile,
that further seemes his terme still to extend,
and maketh euery minute seeme a myle.
So sorrow still doth seeme too long to last,
but ioyous houres doo fly away too fast.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 592 |
Words | 113 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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