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EPIGRAM: 1 by THOMAS WYATT

Poet Analysis

First Line: ALAS, MADAM, FOR STEALING OF A KISS
Last Line: THE NEXT SHALL CLEAN OUT OF MY BREAST IT PLUCK.
Subject(s): HEARTS; KISSES; LIFE;

Alas, madam, for stealing of a kiss,
Have I so much your mind then offended?
Have I then done so grievously amiss,
That by no means it may be amended?
Then revenge you, and the next way is this:
Another kiss shall have my life ended.
For to my mouth the first my heart did suck,
The next shall clean out of my breast it pluck.



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