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the losse is small to lose suche on

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    ←Dyvers dothe vse as I have hard & kno Spight hathe no powre to make me sadde→
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    The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 77v

    f. [77v]

    1    the losse is small to sose suche on
    2    that{{th}+t+} shrynckith for a slendr naye
    3    {{th}+t+}{{th}+ei+} & wit thei lak that wolde make mone
    4    tho all suche peakes{es} ware wipid awaye /

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    Commentary

    Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[1] this poem was entered by H8. In this humourous lyric, the female speaker believes that losing a lover put off by a small “nay” is trivial, and that shrinking lovers who complain lack wit because they do not face any real adversity. This short verse may be a comment on the poem above it, “Dyvers dothe vse as I have hard & kno” (77v).

    Works Cited

    1. ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 229.