Before sunrise had I my youth Aurora came upon a grove Tithonis met at break of day Young Tithon, with the growing morning's light ‹ Sonette XXXVI up Before sunrise had I my youth › Documentation / Explanation (Razo): These four poems are based on the four anacreontic verses in the middle of Edmund Spenser's 1595 Amoretti and Epithalamion (upon which the entire book of poetry I was writing was based). Log in or register to post comments