| Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Songs and Sonnets | | The Lover waxeth wiser, and will not die for Affection |
| | | YET was I never of your love aggrieved, | |
| Nor never shall while that my life doth last: | |
| But of hating myself, that date is past; | |
| And tears continual sore have me wearied: | |
| I will not yet in my grave be buried; | 5 |
| Nor on my tomb your name have fixed fast, | |
| As cruel cause, that did the spirit soon haste | |
| From th’ unhappy bones, by great sighs stirred. | |
| Then if a heart of amorous faith and will | |
| Content your mind withouten doing grief; | 10 |
| Please it you so to this to do relief: | |
| If otherwise you seek for to fulfil | |
| Your wrath, you err, and shall not as you ween; | |
| And you yourself the cause thereof have been. | | | | |
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