Sonnet 32

THE paynefull1 smith with force of fervent heat,

The hardest yron soone doth mollify2:

That with his heavy sledge he can it beat,

And fashion to what he it list apply3.

Yet cannot all these flames in which I fry,

Her hart, more harde then yron, soft4 awhit;

Ne all the playnts and prayers with which I

Doe beat on th’anduyle5 of her stubberne wit:

But still, the more she fervent sees my fit6:

The more she frieseth in her wilfull pryde:

And harder growes, the harder she is smit7,

With all the playnts which to her be applyde.

What then remaines but I to ashes burne,

And she to stones at length all frosen turne?

注释：1.paynefull：费力的，煞费苦心的。

2.mollify：软化。

3.apply：想让它变成什么样子，它就变成什么样子。

4.soft：软化。

5.anduyle：(铁)砧。

6.fit：（感情等的）激发; （突如其来的）活动，努力。也指一个诗节。

7.smit：捶打。