Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET: 22, by THOMAS WYATT


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First Line: Love and fortune and my mind, remember
Last Line: And all my thoughts are dashed into dust.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas
Variant Title(s): Egerton Manuscript: 31
Subject(s): Fortune; Hearts; Love; Trust


Love and fortune and my mind, remember
Of that that is now, with that that hath been,
Do torment me so that I very often
Envy them beyond all measure.
Love slayeth mine heart; fortune is depriver
Of all my comfort; the foolish mind then
Burneth and plaineth as one that seldom
Liveth in rest, still in displeasure.
My pleasant days they fleet away and pass,
But daily yet the ill doth change into the worse;
And more than the half is run of my course.
Alas, not of steel but of brickle glass,
I see that from mine hand falleth my trust,
And all my thoughts are dashed into dust.





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