Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BALLADE: 20, by THOMAS WYATT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To wet your eye withouten tear Last Line: If I have the mock, ye shall have the loss. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Loss; Tears | ||||||||
To wet your eye withouten tear And in good health to feign disease, That you thereby mine eye might blear, Therewith your other friends to please; And though ye think ye need not fear, Yet so ye cannot me appease; But as ye list, feign, flatter, or glose, Ye shall not win if I do lose. Prate and paint and spare not, Ye know I can me wreak; And if so be ye care not, Be sure I do not reck. And though ye swear it were not, I can both swear and speak; By God and by this cross, If I have the mock, ye shall have the loss. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BANGLA DESH: 2. THE BLOOD IN MY EYES by FAIZ AHMED FAIZ TIME ROCKING ON by ANSELM HOLLO TEARS AND KISSES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOMESDAY BOOK: GEORGE JOSLIN ON LA MENKEN by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HOW FAR IS IT TO THE LAND WE LEFT? by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE |
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