< The Devonshire Manuscript

Introduction  |  Contributors  |  Textual Introduction
The Devonshire Manuscript
Bibliography A-M  |  Bibliography N-Z  |  Encoded Materials

←Resounde my voyse ye woodes that herithe me plaineSins ye delight to kno→
The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 72r

f. [72r]

1    The fruite of all the ser[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{s}8}]]uise that I ser[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{s}8}]] ue
2    Dispaire doth repe such haples hap have I
3    but tho he have no powre to make me swarve
4    yet bye the fire for colde I fele I dye /
5    In paradis for hunger{g'} still I sterve
6    and In the flowde / for thurste to deth I drye
7    so tantalus am I and yn worst payne
8    andyd es{es} my helpe / & helples dothe remayne /s amidst 

fs

Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[1] this poem was entered by H8. This poem features an interesting use of Petrarch’s contraries: the speaker feels cold by the fire, hungers in paradise, and thirsts in a flood. Despite the proximity of the adored, the speaker remains despondent.

Works Cited

  1. ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 100.


This article is issued from Wikibooks. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.