The Life of Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542)
Thomas Wyatt was born to Henry and Anne Wyatt at Allington Castle, near Maidstone, Kent, in 1503. Little is known of his childhood education. His first court appearance was in 1516 as Sewer Extraordinary to Henry VIII. In 1516 he also entered St. John's College, University of Cambridge. Around 1520, he married Lord Cobham's daughter Elizabeth Brooke. She bore him a son, Thomas Wyatt Jr., in 1521. He became popular at court, and carried out several foreign missions for King Henry VIII, and also served various offices at home.
Wyatt, along with Surrey, was the first to introduce the sonnet into English, with its characteristic final rhyming couplet. He wrote extraordinarily accomplished imitations of Petrarch's sonnets, including 'I find no peace' ('Pace non trovo') and 'Whoso List to Hunt'—the latter, quite different in tone from Petrarch's 'Una candida cerva', has often been seen to refer to Anne Boleyn as the deer with a jewelled collar. Wyatt was also adept at other new forms in English, such as the terza rima and the rondaeu. Wyatt and Surrey often share the title "father of the English sonnet."
من اروع قصائده............
........[My lute awake! perform the last
Labour that thou and I shall waste,
And end that I have now begun;
For when this song is sung and past,
My lute be still, for I have done.
As to be heard where ear is none,
As lead to grave in marble stone,
My song may pierce her heart as soon;
Should we then sigh or sing or moan?
No, no, my lute, for I have done.
The rocks do not so cruelly
Repulse the waves continually,
As she my suit and affection;
So that I am past remedy,
Whereby my lute and I have done.
Vengeance shall fall on thy disdain
That makest but game on earnest pain.
Think not alone under the sun
Unquit to cause thy lovers plain,
[ labour: work, and petition.
7] lead to grave: lead to engrave (lead is not hard enough to cut marble).
17] thorough: through
Love's shot: Cupid's arrow.
19] his bow forgot: Cupid's bow, still a danger for the lady.
Theme:unrequited love
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..من اروع ما خلق الله........ولكن هذه الحسناء....
..وطلب منه ان يؤلف اغنية عن الحب ......لعل هذه الحسناء تشعر فيه........فقد يفقد اعصابة او ينهار...
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