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EPIGRAM: 26 by THOMAS WYATT

Poet Analysis

First Line: DRIVEN BY DESIRE I DID THIS DEED
Last Line: DOTH HURT HIMSELF AND PLEASE HIS FOE.
Subject(s): DESIRE;
Driven by desire I did this deed,
To danger myself without cause why,
To trust the untrue, not like to speed,
To speak and promise faithfully;
But now the proof doth verify
That who so trusteth ere he know
Doth hurt himself and please his foe.



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