 BLAME not my Lute! for he must sound Of this or that as liketh me ; For lack of wit the Lute is bound To give such tunes as pleaseth me ; Though my songs be somewhat strange, And speak such words as touch thy change, Blame not my Lute ! My Lute ! alas...  The Poetical Works of Sir Thomas Wyatt - Page 98by Sir Thomas Wyatt, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1831 - 244 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 pages
...for I have done. 40 1557 THE LOVER'S LUTE CANNOT BE BLAMED, THOUGH IT SING OF HIS LADY'S UNKINDNESS ۀ 0 Ǣ My lute, alas, doth not offend, Though that perforce he must agree To sound such tunes as I intend... | |
 | Norman Ault - English poetry - 1928 - 566 pages
...(?) BM Add. MS. 26737. (Poem written 1536.)* Quoted, 2 King Henry IV., n. iv. 211. Blame not my lute BLAME not my lute ! for he must sound Of this or that...pleaseth me ; Though my songs be somewhat strange, And speaks such wwds as touch thy change, Blame not my lute ! My lute, alas ! doth not offend, Though that... | |
 | George Reuben Potter - English literature - 1928 - 640 pages
...steadfast faith yet never moved; Forget not this. BLAME not my lute, for he must sound Of this and that as liketh me, For lack of wit the lute is bound...pleaseth me. Though my songs be somewhat strange, And speaks such words as touch thy change, Blame not my lute. My lute, alas, doth not offend, Though that... | |
 | Denis Stevens - Music - 1961 - 500 pages
...called his poems 'songs', frequently mentions the lute: Blame not my lute for he must sound Of this and that as liketh me, For lack of wit the lute is bound To give such tunes as plcascth me; Though my songs be somewhat strange, And speak such words as touch thy change, Blame not... | |
 | Poetry - 460 pages
...faith yet never moved; Forget not this! BLAME NOT MY LUTE Blame not my lute, for he must sound Of these or that as liketh me; For lack of wit the lute is...pleaseth me. Though my songs be somewhat strange, And speaks such words as touch thy change, Blame not my lute. My lute, alas, doth not offend, Though that... | |
 | Kenneth John Emerson Graham - History - 1994 - 260 pages
...calls itself "somewhat plain" as well as, in the context of courtly love lyrics, "somewhat strange": Blame not my lute for he must sound Of this or that...pleaseth me. Though my songs be somewhat strange And speaks [sic] such words as touch thy change Blame not my lute. (94) Harvard University Press, 1975!.... | |
 | Charles R. Bambach - History - 1995 - 316 pages
...calls itself "somewhat plain" as well as, in the context of courtly love lyrics, "somewhat strange": Blame not my lute for he must sound Of this or that...pleaseth me. Though my songs be somewhat strange And speaks [sic] such words as touch thy change Blame not my lute. (94) Harvard University Press, 1975).... | |
 | Patricia Thomson - Poetry, Modern - 1995 - 204 pages
...selection will readily supply more. Blame not my Lute, for it must sound Of this, or that, as pleaseth me. For lack of wit the Lute is bound To give such...such words as touch thy change, Blame not my Lute.* [CCV, 1-7] The following lines boast more merit than that of fluency alone. And when in mind I did... | |
 | Linda Phyllis Austern - Art - 2002 - 364 pages
...lute as a figure for the poet himself. BLAME NOT MY LUTE Blame not my lute for he must sound Of these or that as liketh me; For lack of wit the lute is...pleaseth me: Though my songs be somewhat strange, And speaks such words as touch thy change, Blame not my lute. My lute, alas, doth not offend, Though that... | |
 | Carla Zecher - History - 2007 - 257 pages
...of the Renaissance poetic instrumentarium. 1 Of Strings, Trumpets, and the Future of French Poetry Blame not my lute for he must sound Of this or that as liketh me. Sir Thomas Wyatt The soundscape of sixteenth-century French poetry is largely an indoor one that resonates... | |
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