Love
My galy charged with forgetfulnes
From The Poems of Sir Thomas Wiat (ed. A. K. Foxwell, 1913)
My galy charged with forgetfulnes,
Thorrough sharpe sees, in wynter nyghtes doeth pas,
Twene Rock and Rock : and eke myn enemy, alas,
That is my Lorde, sterith with cruelnes.
And every owre a thought in redines :
As tho that deth were light in suche a case;
An endles wynd doeth tere the sayll a pase,
Of forced sightes and trusty ferefulnes.
A rayn of teris : a clowde of derk disdain,
Hath done the wered cordes great hinderaunce :
Wrethed with error and eke with ignoraunce.
The starres be hid that led me to this pain :
Drowned is reason that should me comfort :
And I remain dispering of the port.
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Wyatt, Thomas. “My galy charged with forgetfulnes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wyatt/27/.
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Wyatt, Thomas. “My galy charged with forgetfulnes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wyatt/27/.
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