Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET: 25, by THOMAS WYATT



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First Line: The lively sparks that issue from those eyes
Last Line: "of deadly ""nay"" hear I the fearful thunder."
Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas
Variant Title(s): Egerton Manuscript: 47
Subject(s): Eyes; Hearts; Pain; Suffering; Misery


The lively sparks that issue from those eyes,
Against the which ne vaileth no defense,
Have pressed mine heart and done it none offense
With quaking pleasure more than once or twice.
Was never man could anything devise
The sun beams to turn with so great vehemence,
To daze man's sight, as by their bright presence.
Dazed am I much like unto the guise
Of one ystricken with dint of lightning,
Blinded with the stroke, erring here and there,
So call I for help, I not when ne where,
The pain of my fault patiently bearing:
For after the blaze, as is no wonder,
Of deadly "nay" hear I the fearful thunder.





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