Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG: 73, by THOMAS WYATT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Complaining, alas, without redress Last Line: Where now for pain I die, I die. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Death; Hearts; Lament; Love; Pain; Dead, The; Suffering; Misery | ||||||||
Complaining, alas, without redress, Thus woefully do I my life lead, My heart lamenting in heaviness, Through whose meekness I am near dead. Thus I endure always in pain, Devoid of pity, as in this case, Yet my poor heart cannot refrain; Wherefore, alas, I die, alas. So unkind, alas, saw I never none, So hard-hearted, so much without pity, As she to whom I make my moan; Wherefore, alas, I die, I die. Where I love best I am refused; Where I am loved I do not pass; Where I would fainest, I am disdained; Wherefore I die, alas, alas. Comfortless, complaining, thus I remain; Merciless, remaining without remedy; Cruelness increasing through false disdain; Pitiless remaining, alas, I die, I die. But from henceforth I hold it best Them for to love that loveth me; And then my heart shall have some rest, Where now for pain I die, I die. | 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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