“Heavens! that a man cannot repent him of his sins without the Pope's leave.”
About Sir Thomas Wyatt
c. 1503–11 October 1542
Sir Thomas Wyatt, born about 1503 and dead on 11 October 1542, stands at the beginning of the English Renaissance lyric. He was not the first English poet to write about love, loss, faith, or fortune, but he altered the sound, scale, and inwardness of English poetry. In his hands, verse became a place where private…