| Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Rondeaux | | The recured Lover renounceth his fickle Mistress for her Newfangleness |
| | | THOU hast no faith of him that hath none, | |
| But thou must love him needs by reason; | |
| For as saith a proverb notable, | |
| Each thing seeketh his semblable, | |
| And thou hast thine of thy condition. | 5 |
| Yet is it not the thing I pass on, | |
| Nor hot nor cold is mine affection! | |
| For since thine heart is so mutable, | |
| Thou hast no faith. | |
| I thought thee true without exception, | 10 |
| But I perceive I lacked discretion; | |
| To fashion faith to words mutable, | |
| Thy thought is too light and variable | |
| To change so oft without occasion. | |
| Thou hast no faith! | 15 | | | |
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