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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HONESTY, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Throughout the world if it were sought Last Line: That sweet accord is seldom seen. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Variant Title(s): Of Dissembling Words;throughout The World;epigram: 32 Subject(s): Honesty | |||
Throughout the world, if it were sought, Fair words enough a man shall find; They be good cheap, they cost right naught. Their substance is but only wind, But well to say and so to mean, That sweet accord is seldom seen. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO HORSES AND A DOG by JAMES GALVIN THE GOLDEN SCHLEMIEL by IRVING FELDMAN PHILOMELA: PHILOMELA'S ODE [THAT SHE SANG IN HER ARBOR] by ROBERT GREENE THE NUANCES OF MENDACITY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS INGENIOUS OVERSOUL by GRACE EVELYN BROWN |
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