Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG: 34, by THOMAS WYATT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Since ye delight to know Last Line: For to repent your cruelness. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Variant Title(s): Egerton Manuscript: 72 Subject(s): Cruelty; Hearts; Life; Pain; Suffering; Misery | ||||||||
Since ye delight to know That my torment and woe Should still increase Without release, I shall enforce me so That life and all shall go, For to content your cruelness. And so this grievous train, That I too long sustain, Shall sometime cease And have redress And you also remain Full pleased with my pain, For to content your cruelness. Unless that be too light And that ye would ye might See the distress And heaviness Of one slain outright, Therewith to please your sight, For to content your cruelness. Then in your cruel mood Would God forthwith ye would With force express My heart oppress To do your heart such good, To see me bathe in blood, For to content your cruelness. Then could ye ask no more, Then should ye ease my sore, And the excess Of mine excess; And you should evermore Defamed be therefore, For to repent your cruelness. | 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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