Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG: 29, by THOMAS WYATT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I see that chance hath chosen me Last Line: And other have that I deserve. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Fortune; Hearts; Love; Pain; Suffering; Misery | ||||||||
I see that chance hath chosen me Thus secretly to live in pain, And to another given the fee Of all my loss to have the gain. By chance assigned, thus do I serve, And other have that I deserve. Unto myself sometime alone I do lament my woeful case, But what availeth me to moan, Since truth and pity hath no place In them, to whom I sue and serve, And other have that I deserve? To seek by mean to change this mind, Alas, I prove it will not be; For in my heart I cannot find Once to refrain, but still agree, As bound by force, alway to serve, And other have that I deserve. Such is the fortune that I have, To love them most that love me least; And to my pain to seek and crave The thing that other have possessed; So thus in vain alway I serve, And other have that I deserve. And till I may appease the heat, If that my hap will hap so well, To wail my woe my heart shall fret, Whose pensive pain my tongue can tell. Yet thus unhappy must I serve, And other have that I deserve. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARTHENOPHIL AND PARTHENOPHE: MADRIGAL 14 by BARNABE BARNES SONNETS IN SHADOWS: 1 by ARLO BATES IN PRAISE OF PAIN by HEATHER MCHUGH THE SYMPATIZERS by JOSEPHINE MILES |
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