Edmund Spenser 'One Day I Wrote Her Name Upon the Strand'

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rnaudioproductions for www.ipodity.com www.allcast.co.uk One Day I Wrote Her Name Upon the Strand' by Edmund Spenser (1552--1599) read by David Shaw Parker ONE day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washèd it away: Again I wrote it with a second hand, But came the tide and made my pains his prey. Vain man (said she) that dost in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalise; For I myself shall like to this decay, And eke my name be wipèd out likewise. Not so (quod I); let baser things devise To die in dust, but you shall live by fame; My verse your virtues rare shall eternise, And in the heavens write your glorious name: Where, when as Death shall all the world subdue, Our love shall live, and later life renew. Audio created by Robert Nichol AudioProductions London all rights reservedrnaudioproductions for www.ipodity.com www.allcast.co.uk rnaudioproductions ipodity.com allcast.co.uk mp3 ipod download audio book audiobooks

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Edmund Spenser Sonnet 75 Poem Interpretation

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One day I wrote her name upon the strand, but came the waves and washed it away: Again I wrote it with a second hand, But came the tide, and made my pains his prey. Vain man, said she, that doest in vain assay a mortal thing so to immortalize, for I myself shall like to this decay, and eek my name be wiped out likewise. Not so (quoth I), let baser things devise to die in dust, but you shall live by fame: my verse your virtues rare shall eternize, and in the heavens write your glorious name. When whereas Death shall all the world subdue, out love shall live, and later life renew.

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Edmund Spenser - Sonnet 75

Edmund Spenser - Sonnet 75 - Read by David Shaw Parker Sonnet 75 by Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washèd it away: Again I wrote it with a second hand, But came the tide and made my pains his prey. "Vain man," said she, "thou dost in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalise; For I myself shall like to this decay, And eek my name be wipèd out likewise." "Not so," quoth I, "let baser things devise To die in dust, but you shall live by fame; My verse your virtues rare shall eternise, And in the heavens write your glorious name: Where, when as Death shall all the world subdue, Our love shall live, and later life renew."