Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG: 82, by THOMAS WYATT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Once in your grace I know I was Last Line: That once I was. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Variant Title(s): Ons In Your Grace I Knowe I Was Subject(s): Death; Fortune; Happiness; Hearts; Dead, The; Joy; Delight | ||||||||
Once in your grace I know I was, Even as well as now is he. Though Fortune so hath turned my case That I am down and he full high, Yet once I was. Once I was he that did you please So well that nothing did I doubt; And though that now ye think it ease To take him in and throw me out, Yet once I was. Once I was he in times past That as your own ye did retain; And though ye have me now outcast, Showing untruth in you to reign, Yet once I was. Once I was he that knit the knot The which ye swore not to unknit; And though ye feign it now forgot In using your new-fangled wit, Yet once I was. Once I was he to whom ye said, 'Welcome, my joy, my whole delight'; And though ye are now well apaid Of me, your own, to claim ye quit, Yet once I was. Once I was he to whom ye spake, 'Have here my heart. It is thine own'; And though these words ye now forsake, Saying thereof my part is none, Yet once I was. Once I was he before rehearst And now am he that needs must die; And though I die, yet at the least In your remembrance let it lie That once I was. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STUDY OF HAPPINESS by KENNETH KOCH SO MUCH HAPPINESS by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE CROWD CONDITIONS by JOHN ASHBERY I WILL NOT BE CLAIMED by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#21): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN'S HAPPINESS by MARVIN BELL |
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