Amoretti: Sonnet 58

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Title:     Amoretti: Sonnet 58
Author: Edmund Spenser [More Titles by Spenser]

_By her that is most assured to her selfe._

Weake is th'assurance that weake flesh reposeth
In her own powre, and scorneth others ayde;
That soonest fals, when as she most supposeth
Her selfe assur'd, and is of nought affrayd,
All flesh is frayle, and all her strength unstayd,
Like a vaine bubble blowen up with ayre:
Devouring tyme and changeful chance have prayd*
Her glorious pride, that none may it repayre.
Ne none so rich or wise, so strong or fayre,
But fayletb, trusting on his owne assurance:
And he that standeth on the hyghest stayre
Fals lowest; for on earth nought hath endurance.
Why then doe ye, proud fayre, misdeeme so farre,
That to your selfe ye most assured arre!

 

[Footnote: LVIII.--_By her_, &c.; _By_ is perhaps a misprint for _to_; or this title may belong to Sonnet LIX. H.]

[* _Prayd_, preyed upon.]

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Edmund Spenser's poem: Amoretti: Sonnet 58

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