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EPIGRAM: 40 by THOMAS WYATT

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First Line: MY LOVE IS LIKE UNTO TH'ETERNAL FIRE
Last Line: BY WHOM HELL MAY BE FELT OR DEATH ASSAIL!
Subject(s): DEATH; HELL; LOVE; PAIN; DEAD, THE; SUFFERING; MISERY;
My love is like unto th' eternal fire,
And I as those which therein do remain,
Whose grievous pains is but their great desire
To see the sight which they may not attain.
So in hell's heat myself I feel to be,
That am restrained by great extremity
The sight of her which is so dear to me.
O puissant love and power of great avail,
By whom hell may be felt or death assail!



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