The poetical works of Sir Thomas Watt Author:Thomas Wyatt Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Nor I may not sustain such wrong That ye my love despise. 4 I may not sigh in sorrow deep, Nor wail the want of love; Nor I may neither crouch nor creep W... more »here it doth not behove. 5 But I of force must needs forsake My faith so fondly set; And from henceforth must undertake Such folly to forget. 6 Now must I seek some other ways Myself for to withsave j1 And as I trust by mine essays Some remedy to have. 7 I ask none other remedy To recompense my wrong; But once to have the liberty That I have lack'd so long. THE LOVEE BESEECHETH HIS MISTEESS NOT TO FORGET HIS STEADFAST FAITH AND TRUE INTENT. 1 Forget not yet the tried intent Of such a truth as I have meant; My great travail so gladly spent, Forget not yet! 2 Forget not yet when first began The weary life ye know, since whan 1' Withsave:' preserve. The suit, the service none tell can; Forget not yet! 3 Forget not yet the great assays, The cruel wrong, the scornful ways, The painful patience in delays, Forget not yet! 4 Forget not! oh! forget not this, How long ago hath been, and is The mind that never meant amiss, Forget not yet! 5 Forget not then thine own approved, The which so long hath thee so loved, Whose steadfast faith yet never moved: Forget not this! HE BEWAILS THE PAIN HE ENDURES WHEN BANISHED FROM THE MISTRESS OF HIS HEART. 0! Miserable sorrow, withouten cure! If it please thee, lo! to have me thus suffer, At least yet let her know what I endure, And this my last voice carry thou thither, Where lived my hope, now dead for ever: For as ill grievous is my banishment, As was my pleasure when she was present. HE COMPARES HIS SUFFERINGS TO THOSE OF TANTALUS. The fruit of all the service that I serve Despair doth reap; su...« less