Sir Thomas Wyatt
Who is Sir Thomas Wyatt
Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503 – 11 October 1542) was a 16th-century English politician, ambassador, and lyric poet credited with introducing the sonnet to English literature. He was born at Allington Castle near Maidstone in Kent, though the family was originally from Yorkshire. His family adopted the Lancastrian side in the Wars of Roses. His mother was Anne Skinner, and his father Henry, who had earlier been imprisoned and tortured by Richard III, had been a Privy Councillor of Henry VII and remained a trusted adviser when Henry VIII ascended the throne in 1509. Thomas followed his father to court after his education at St John's College, Cambridge. Entering the King's service, he was entrusted with many important diplomatic missions. In public life his principal patron was Thomas Cromwell, a...
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Sir Thomas Wyatt Poems
- Forget Not Yet: The Lover Beseecheth His Mistress Not To Forget His Steadfast Faith And True Intent
FORGET not yet the tried intent
Of such a truth as I have meant;
My great travail so gladly spent,
Forget not yet!
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- The Country Mouse And The Town Mouse
My mother's maids, when they did sew and spin,
They sang sometime a song of the field mouse,
That for because her livelood was but thin
Would needs go seek her townish sister's house.
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- And Wilt Thou Leave Me Thus?
And wilt thou leave me thus?
Say nay, say nay, for shame,
To save thee from the blame
Of all my grief and grame;
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- Of The Mean And Sure Estate
My mother's maids, when they did sew and spin,
They sang sometime a song of the field mouse,
That, for because her livelood was but thin,
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- The Furious Gun
The furious gun in his raging ire,
When that the bowl is rammed in too sore
And that the flame cannot part from the fire,
Cracketh in sunder, and in the air doth roar
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- Iamdylanlewis: my dad started using all of those really comprehensive genealogy databases that the mormons created, and apparently i'm related to sir thomas wyatt, the guy who introduced the sonnet to english lmfao
- Colcontent: senior editor andrew smith couldn't pick just one!
to flush, my dog, by elizabeth barrett browning
whoso list to hunt, i know where is an hynde, by sir thomas wyatt
sonnet 73: that time of year thou mayst in me behold, by william shakespeare
- Laurelworlds: 11th april 1554; beheading of sir thomas wyatt the younger on tower hill.
- Ezrastein1: he was so sir thomas wyatt coded
- Jaennecom: 2023-03-09 – whoso list to hunt by sir thomas wyatt
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