Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG: 56, by THOMAS WYATT


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First Line: Heart oppressed with desperate thought
Last Line: Since cruel will doth me so use.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas
Subject(s): Cruelty; Despair; Hearts; Love - Complaints; Singing & Singers


Heart oppressed with desperate thought
Is forced ever to lament,
Which now in me so sore hath wrought
That needs to it I must consent;
Wherefore all joy I must refuse
And cruel will thereof accuse.

If cruel will had not been guide,
Despair in me had had no place;
For my true meaning she well espied
And for all that would give no grace.
Therefore all joy I must refuse
And cruel will thereof accuse.

She well might see and yet would not,
And may daily, if that she will,
How painful is my hapless lot
Joined with despair me for to spill;
Whereby all joy I must refuse
Since cruel will doth me so use.





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