Amoretti sonnet 139 mail

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Amoretti Sonnet 139 is a beautiful poem by Edmund Spenser, an English poet, published in 1595. Here it is:

"Since I must die, I do desire to live, And now my death would be a life to me, For in thy sight, my death would be a gift, And in thy love, my life would be a curse.

For if thou lov'st me, thou wilt not let me die, And if thou wilt not let me die, I shall not die, For in thy love, I shall not lose my life, And in thy love, I shall not lose my death.

For if thou wilt not let me die, I shall not die, And if thou wilt not let me die, I shall not die, For in thy love, I shall not lose my life, And in thy love, I shall not lose my death.

And thus, my love, I do desire to live, And thus, my love, I do desire to die."

This sonnet is a beautiful expression of the speaker's desire to be with their beloved, even in death. The poem explores the themes of love, mortality, and the desire to be reunited with one's beloved in the afterlife.