A STUDY OF S IR TH OMAS WYATT ’ S P OE MS A S TUD Y O F THO MAS WY ATT ’ S PO EMS BY W A K FOX E LL M A L0 N 0 . , . ( ) BE I N G PA RT I O F A T H ES IS APPROVE D FOR T H E D EGREE ‘OF MA S T E R OF ARTS IN T H E U N I VERS I T Y OF LO NDO N U N E 1 1 0 , J 9 “ Ionbon : (university of Ionbon lpress P UB L H D F R T P LTD . IS E O H E U N IV E RSI TY O F LO N D ON RE S S , B Y H O D D E R S T O G H T O N WA R W C K S U A R E E C . U , I Q , 1 9 1 1 HODDE R A ND STOUGHTON P U BLISHE RS TO THE UNIV E RSITY O F LONDON PRE S S 2 -4 04 GRE GO RY FO S TE R “ ' D a chc c o n ce tt o h a l a rt c in t e ra c di va ’ ‘ fo rm a c li a tti d a l cu n o i di u e ll o g , p q ’ D u m il m at e ria u n se mpli ce m o de ll o ’ E 1 r o a d a d e va p im p rt o chc qu e l ri . M IC HA EL AN GELO . P RE FATORY N OTIC E i io o f THIS bo o k is merely an intr o ductio n t o an ed t n ’ t im o m i i e o . I S ir Th o m as Wyatt s P e s , w th L f and N tes a s primar ily at setting fo r th the impo rtanc e of the E MS . fo r o o i s above all the o ther MSS . the f ll w ng reason 1 c o m ve rs ific atio n c i t o . A nstant syste of a pe ul ar the Wyatt MS . 2 l - m o r r o ms o m o f . A wel arked de of p e , and devel p ent style . ’ Co rr c io r io in r 3 . e t ns and alte at ns Wyatt s hand apa t s fro m c o rr ectio ns tha t a r e sp ur i o u . M o o m i i o a r e in S . The P e s , w th the L fe and N tes , , and sh uld o r m c r t r ul nk a r e f the se o nd pa t o the b o o k . My g atef tha s f r t o D r . r o r o r o r o due T G eg y F ste , help th ughout , and par ticularly fo r hi s lo an o f the first fo r ty po ems tr ans cribed r o m E . f r t o r o o . o his i r f the MS P fess r W P Ker , nte est m t o ci o f m and sy pathy , and the Offi als the MS . Depart ent , i i m i r c e a d in a r ica Br t sh Museu , for the ourt ous i pal eog aph l iffi c i d ult es . A . K . F . C ONTE NTS CR AP . I NTRODUCTORY I I D S RI P I OF MS S E C T ON THE . II I M PA I F MS S A AN D D O R S O . C N O TH E E , , IV THE PS ALM S ’ WYATT S LANGUAGE AN D GRAMMAR ’ ’ COMPA RIS ON OF WYATT S V ERS IFICATI ON WITH P YNS ON S EDITI ON OF CHAUCER VII CHAUCERIAN I N FLUENCE V III FRENCH I NFLUENCE IX ITALIAN I NFLUENCE THE COU RT POE MS ‘ AN D ORIGI NAL COM POS ITI ON S XI CLAS S ICAL I NF LU E NCE XII CONCLUS ION I RY F D MS APP N DI X A H S TO O THE . E S P CIM N S H TS OF PO MS APP N DIX B E E EE E . E S P CIM N S H TS F ROM TH TAB L OF VA RIANTS E E EE E E . APPEN DI X C I R LI S OF P MS MS APP N DI X D F S T N E THE OE IN E . E GLOS S A RY B I B LI OGRAPH Y A STUD Y O F SIR TH O MAS WYATT’ S P O E MS CHAPTER I I N T R O D U C T O R Y ’ i in 1 55 c o i TOTTE L S Mi scella n y was publ shed 7 . It nta ned m th e a rl o f r r S ir o ma Grim o al d poe s by E Su ey , Th s Wyatt , , ” e r t a n r n and Un c y Autho s . Wyatt had been dead fiftee year s ; the o nly pr evio us publ ic atio n o f any par t o f his m i i m i o rr i poe s was the Pen tent al Psal s , ssued by J hn Ha ng r r o f Or la n do Fu r i o so t o n o f o . , the father the t anslat the Mi scella n r o six i io i To tte l The y went th ugh ed t ns , w th as i h i edito r ; a seventh editio n was publ s ed by T . Windet n 1 85 i i o i 1 58 5 i o . o in 7 . , and an e ghth ed t n by R R b ns n The fir st editio n marks the inauguratio n o f the m odern E i o o c o i c r ngl sh anth l gy . It nta ns areful and egular verse , and bears witness that ther e wer e m any autho r s who c o uld i c ic i i o i wr te a de asyllab l ne w th ease , but none wh se l ps had i o c o c o o f i . in c t u hed the gl w ng al gen us It was , fa t , the i o i o r im o f in c i i per d of st llness bef e the dawn , the t e a t v ty ic c r o c in i r r wh h always has pre eded a g eat ep h l te atu e . ’ Thir ty year s later R o binson s editio n was publi shed in a i i r c m t me o f ntense literary ac tivity . Shakespea e had o e ' t o o r o r i his Ta mbu r la zn e in Lond n Ma l we had w tten , “ which his mighty line to o k the plac e o f j igging r hyme c r o o f U i r i m e n — a r m o a wd n ve s ty N sh , G eene , and Peele a ng — m t o r i i r o io i c o r the had taken w t ng as a p fess n ; S dney , u tly o i r r c ri ic r wa s ri i p et and l te a y t , was just dead ; Spense w t ng Fa er u een e the y Q . B 2 SIR THOMAS WYATT ’S POEMS Two r l r m r i wi th e e o f i r yea s ate , Puttenha , ev e ng fi ld l te a r in his Ar te o E n li sh P o es i e i his r r i o f tu e f g , pa d g eat t bute — pr aise t o th e two c hieftains o f th e c o ur tly m aker s the E ar l o f Sur r ey and S ir Th o mas Wyatt . ” h d id h e r e a te l o l i o u r r T ey , says , g y p sh ude and h o m l m e r o f ~ vu l a r o e i r o m h it o r e y ann g p s e f t at had been bef e , and fo r this c ause m a y justly be sayd th e fir st r efo r mers o f o u r E li m r e i rm m ng sh et e and styl ; and aga n , he te s the the two chief lanternes o f ligh t t o all o ther s that have since e mplo yed their pennes up o n E nglish Po esie their c o c i w r o ir l h ir c o e c n e ts e e l fty , the sty e stately , t e nv yan e cl e an e l h ir r m r o r ir m r e swe e te y , t e te es p pe , the et and well ro o r io in a ll im i i r r i p p t ned , tat ng ve y natu ally and stud o usly ” ir m t r r ci P e t r a rch a the as e , F an s .