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EPIGRAM: 25 by THOMAS WYATT

Poet Analysis

First Line: A LADY GAVE ME A GIFT SHE HAD NOT
Last Line: FOR I AM FAST SWORN I MAY NOT.
Subject(s): GIFTS & GIVING;
A lady gave me a gift she had not
And I received her gift which I took not.
She gave it willingly, yet she would not;
And I received it, albeit I could not.
If she gave it me, I force not.
If she take again, she cares not.
Construe what is this and tell not,
For I am fast sworn I may not.



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