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SONG: 99 by THOMAS WYATT

Poet Analysis

First Line: LOVE WHOM YE LIST AND SPARE NOT
Last Line: FOR I AM INDIFFERENT.
Subject(s): HATE; LOVE;

Love whom ye list and spare not;
Therewith I am content.
Hate whom ye list for I care not,
For I am indifferent.

Do what ye list and dread not
After your own fancy.
Think what you list and fear not
For all is one to me.

But as for me I am not
Wavering as the wind
But even as one that recketh not
Which way ye turn your mind.

For in your love I dote not,
[Though you think I am caught.]
Whether you hate or hate not
Is least charge of my thought.

Wherefore I pray you forget not
But that I am well content.
So love whom ye list and spare not
For I am indifferent.



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