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EPIGRAM: 12 by THOMAS WYATT

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First Line: ALL IN THY SIGHT MY LIFE DOTH WHOLE DEPEND
Last Line: I WITH THY SIGHT, THOU ALSO WITH MY SMART.
Subject(s): DEATH; HEARTS; LIFE; DEAD, THE;

All in thy sight my life doth whole depend.
Thou hidest thyself and I must die therefore.
But since thou mayst so easily save thy friend,
Why dost thou stick to heal that thou madest sore?
Why do I die since thou mayst me defend?
For if I die, then mayst thou live no more,
Since t'one by t'other doth live and feed the heart,
I with thy sight, thou also with my smart.



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