Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG: 91, by THOMAS WYATT


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First Line: Who would have ever thought
Last Line: To draw better the next.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas
Subject(s): Hearts; Life; Pain; Suffering; Misery


Who would have ever thought
A heart that was so set,
To have such wrong me wrought
Or to be counterfeit?
But who that trusteth the most
Is like to pay the cost.

I must of force, God wot,
This painful life sustain;
And yet I know not
The chief cause of my pain;
This is a strange disease:
To serve and never please.

I must of force endure
This draught drawn awry,
For I am fast and sure
To have the mate thereby;
But note I will this text,
To draw better the next.





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