Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DECEIVED LOVER SUETH ONLY FOR LIBERTY, by THOMAS WYATT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If chance assigned / were to my mind Last Line: My death, or life with liberty. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Variant Title(s): Song: 33 Subject(s): Cruelty; Death; Fate; Freedom; Life; Dead, The; Destiny; Liberty | ||||||||
If chance assigned Were to my mind By very kind Of destiny; Yet would I crave Naught else to have But only life and liberty. Then were I sure I might endure The displeasure Of cruelty, Where now I plain Alas in vain, Lacking my life for liberty. For without th' one Th' other is gone, And there can none It remedy; If th' one be past, Th' other doth waste, And all for lack of liberty. And so I drive As yet alive, Although I strive With misery; Drawing my breath, Looking for death, And loss of life and liberty. But thou that still Mayst at thy will Turn all this ill Adversity; For the repair Of my welfare Grant me but life and liberty. And if not so Then let all go To wretched woe, And let me die; For th' one or th' other There is none other, My death, or life with liberty. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE |
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