Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN ETERNUM, by THOMAS WYATT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In eternum I was once determed Last Line: In eternum. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Variant Title(s): In Aeternum;song: 14 Subject(s): Love - Unrequited | ||||||||
In eternum I was once determed For to have loved and my mind affirmed, That with my heart it should be confirmed In eternum. Forthwith I founde the thing that I might like, And sought with love to warm her heart alike, For as me thought I should not see the like In eternum. To trace this dance I put my self in press; Vain hope did lead and bade I should not cease To serve, to suffer, and still to hold my peace In eternum. With this first rule I furthered me apace, That, as methought, my troth had taken place With full assurance to stand in her grace In eternum. It was not long or I by proof had found That feeble building is on feeble ground, For in her heart this word did never sound In eternum. In eternum then from my heart I kest That I had first determined for the best, Now in the place another thought doeth rest, In eternum. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON TUTTO E SCIOLTO by JAMES JOYCE APPULDURCOMBE PARK by AMY LOWELL TALE OF THE MAYOR'S SON by GLYN MAXWELL ELEGY FOR AN ENEMY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET |
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