Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BALLADE: 27, by THOMAS WYATT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When that I call unto my mind Last Line: I ask but right for my redress. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Faith; Hope; Wealth; Belief; Creed; Optimism; Riches; Fortunes | ||||||||
When that I call unto my mind The time of hope that once I had, The great abuse that did me blind Doth force me always to be sad. Yet of my grief I feign me glad; But am assured I was too bold To trust to such a slipper hold. I thought it well that I had wrought, Willing forthwith so to ensue; But he that seeks as I have sought Shall find most trust oft times untrue; For least I recked that most I rue, Of that I thought myself most sure Is now the want of all my cure. Amids my wealth I did not reck, But soon, alas, ere that I wist, The time was come that, all too weak, I had no power for to resist; Now am I proof to them that list To flee such woe and wrongful pain, As in my heart I do sustain. For feigned faith is always free, And doth incline to be unjust, That sure I think there can none be Too much assured without mistrust; But hap what may to them that must Sustain such cruel destiny, With patience for remedy. As I am one which by restraint Abides the time of my return, In hope that fortune by my plaint Will slake the fire wherewith I burn; Since no ways else may serve my turn: Yet for the doubt of this distress, I ask but right for my redress. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL LIFE IN A LIFE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FOUR POEMS ABOUT JAMAICA: 3. A HAIRPIN TURN ABOVE READING, JAMAICA by WILLIAM MATTHEWS IMAGINE YOURSELF by EVE MERRIAM THE PROPHET by LUCILLE CLIFTON I AM FIFTY-TWO YEARS OLD' by KENNETH REXROTH LAST VISIT TO THE SWIMMING POOL SOVIETS by KENNETH REXROTH PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR AS A YOUNG ANARCHIST by KENNETH REXROTH |
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