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First Line: What word is that that changeth not
Last Line: It is my health eke and my sore.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas
Variant Title(s): Egerton Manuscript: 50. Of His Love Called Anna
Subject(s): Boleyn, Anne (1507-1536); Love


What word is that that changeth not
Though it be turned and made in twain?
It is mine answer, God it wot,
And eke the causer of my pain.
A love rewardeth with disdain,
Yet is it loved. What would ye more?
It is my health eke and my sore.





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