Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG: 76, by THOMAS WYATT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Defamed guiltiness by silence unkept Last Line: From doing amiss, will I live again. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Betrayal; Forgiveness; Guilt; Trust; Clemency | ||||||||
Defamed guiltiness by silence unkept, My name all slanderous, my fault detect; Guilty, I grant that I have done amiss. Shall I never do so again, forgive me this. Betrayed by trust and so beguiled, By promise unjust my name defiled; Wherefore I grant that I have done amiss. Will I never do so again, forgive me this. Accept mine excuse for this offence And spare not to refuse me your presence. Unless ye perceive ye do refrain From doing amiss, will I live again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FORGIVING MY FATHER by LUCILLE CLIFTON WHAT WE CARRY; FOR DONALD by DORIANNE LAUX THE MAN WITH THE HOE OUTWITTED by EDWIN MARKHAM SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ELMER BARR by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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