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They Flee From Me and other poems

Sir Thomas Wyatt was an English poet, courtier and ambassador for King Henry VIII, who sent him on Embassies to the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V. Wyatt's poetry is little read these days, perhaps because of the archaic nature of his language, but he was an important poet in his own day as he introduced into English poetry many ideas and techniques from other languages particularly Italian. He used the Sonnet form developed by Petrarch and verse forms used by Dante and others. His work influenced later Tudor poets including Philip Sidney and William Shakespeare. Wyatt's poems tend to be better known by their opening lines than their actual titles but this project will use the full titles. Wyatt was rumoured to have been the lover of Anne Boleyn to whom he addressed several poems including the rather unflattering "Ye Olde Mule" written after she married Henry VIII. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)

Year of Publication: 1831Genres: Lyric

Running Time: 41 minutes 44 seconds(21 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Alan Mapstone

#	Chapter Name
	SONNETS: The Lover Sheweth How He is Forsaken of Such as He Sometime Enjoyed Alan Mapstone	2:29
	The Lover for Shamefastness Hideth his Desire within his Faithful Heart Alan Mapstone	1:36
	Of the Folly of Loving When the Season of Love is Past Alan Mapstone	1:38
	The Lover Compareth His State to a Ship in Perilous Storm Tossed on the Sea Alan Mapstone	1:32
	The Lover Despairing To Attain Unto His Lady's Grace Relinquisheth the Pursuit Alan Mapstone	1:36
	Of Others' Feigned Sorrow, and the Lover's Feigned Mirth Alan Mapstone	1:32
	The Lover's Life Compared to the Alps Alan Mapstone	1:39
	The Lover Laments the Death of his Love Alan Mapstone	1:35
	How the Lover Perisheth in His Delight as the Fly in the Fire Alan Mapstone	1:37
	ODES: The Lover Complaineth the Unkindness of His Love Alan Mapstone	3:04
	The Lover's Lute Cannot Be Blamed Though It Sing of His Lady's Unkindness Alan Mapstone	3:11
	When Fortune Smiles Not, Only Patience Comforteth Alan Mapstone	1:43
	The Dying Lover Complaineth That His Mistress Regardeth Not His Sufferings Alan Mapstone	1:46
	SONGS AND EPIGRAMS: Of the Mother That Eat Her Child at the Siege of Jerusalem Alan Mapstone	1:00
	The Lover Compareth His Heart to the Overcharged Gun Alan Mapstone	1:04
	Of Such As Had Forsaken Him Alan Mapstone	0:59
	Comparison of Love to a Stream Falling from the Alps Alan Mapstone	1:04
	Of Disappointed Purpose by Negligence Alan Mapstone	1:02
	Of His Return from Spain Alan Mapstone	1:02
	SATIRE: Of the Mean and Sure Estate, Written to John Poins Alan Mapstone	9:28
	EPITAPH: Sir Antonie Sentleger of Sir T. Wyatt Alan Mapstone	1:07