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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STEADFASTNESS; THE LOVER BESEECHETH HIS MISTRESS, by THOMAS WYATT Recitation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Forget not yet the tried intent Last Line: Forget not this. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Variant Title(s): A Supplication;song: 65 Subject(s): Fidelity; Love; Love - Loss Of; Faithfulness; Constancy | |||
Forget not yet the tried intent Of such a truth as I have meant; My great travail so gladly spent Forget not yet. Forget not yet when first began The weary life ye know, since whan The suit, the service none tell can; Forget not yet. Forget not yet the great assays, The cruel wrong, the scornful ways, The painful patience in denays, Forget not yet. Forget not yet, forget not this, How long ago hath been and is The mind that never meant amiss; Forget not yet. Forget not then thine own approved, The which so long hath thee so loved, Whose steadfast faith yet never moved; Forget not this. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARGUING BARTUSIAK by ALBERT GOLDBARTH THE VISIONARY by EMILY JANE BRONTE THE PROTESTATION by THOMAS CAREW A VALEDICTION: OF MY NAME IN THE WINDOW by JOHN DONNE ELEGY: 11. THE BRACELET; UPON THE LOSS OF HIS MISTRESS'S CHAIN by JOHN DONNE WOMAN'S CONSTANCY by JOHN DONNE NON SUM QUALIS ERAM BONAE SUB REGNO CYNARAE by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON |
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