Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG: 5, by THOMAS WYATT



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First Line: To seek each where where man doth live
Last Line: Dare I well give, I say, my heart to year.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas
Subject(s): France; Hearts; Jewelry & Jewelers; Sea; Singing & Singers; Ocean


To seek each where, where man doth live,
The sea, the land, the rock, the clive,
France, Spain, and Ind and everywhere
Is none a greater gift to give
Less set by oft and is so lief and dear,
Dare I well say, than that I give to year.

I cannot give brooches nor rings,
These goldsmith's work and goodly things,
Piery nor pearl orient and clear;
But for all that is no man brings
Liefer jewel unto his lady dear,
Dare I well say than that I give to year.

Nor I seek not to fetch it far,
Worse is it not though it be narr,
And as it is doth appear
Uncounterfeit, mistrust to bar,
Left whole and pure, withouten peer,
Dare I well say the gift I give to year.

To thee, therefore, the same retain;
The like of thee to have again
France would I give if mine it were.
Is none alive in whom doth reign
Lesser disdain. Freely, therefore, lo here
Dare I well give, I say, my heart to year.





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