They Flee From Me
This is a poem by Sir Thomas Wyatt, a poet in the court of Henry VII of England. Some scholars think is is about Anne Bolyene, whith whom Wyatt is supposed to have has an affair prior to her affair with Henry. This version is about the poet's confusion when his lover seduces him and moves on, rather than the other way around.In the TV show The Tudors the poem is changed slightly (at least as I heard it): "They flee from me" becomes "She flees from me;" and "Therewithal softly did me kiss" becomes "Therewithal softly did we kiss." Coupled with what's happening onscreen at the time, the poem becomes an expression of Wyatt's confusion at Anne's abandoning him for Henry (and also Cardinal Wolesly's confusion at being abandoned for the Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk.)
The latter version really captures what I was feeling much better than the original, and I went back and forth over which way to do the text. Eventually, though, I decided that the picture would be more accessable once posted to various fori and such if I were to stick to the original text. And it's a beautiful poem, either way.