Wherewith I Strive

Song Cycle by Sheree Clement (b. 1955)

1. …wherewith I strive …  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
I see my plaint with open ears 
Is heard, alas, and laughing eyes.
I see that scorn beholds my tears 
And all the harm hap can devise.
I see my life away so wears 
That I myself myself despise.
And most of all wherewith I strive
Is that I see myself alive.

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Confirmed with Sir Thomas Wyatt, The Complete Poems, Penguin Books Limited, 2015


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4. A Song

Language: English 
Deep in summer
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Total word count: 52