| Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Songs and Sonnets | | The Lover unhappy biddeth happy Lovers rejoice in May, while he waileth that Month to him most unlucky |
| | | YE that in love find luck and sweet abundance, | |
| And live in lust of joyful jollity, | |
| Arise for shame, do way our sluggardy: | |
| Arise, I say, do May some observance. | |
| Let me in bed lie dreaming in mischance; | 5 |
| Let me remember my mishaps unhappy, | |
| That me betide in May most commonly; | |
| As one whom love list little to advance. | |
| Stephan said true, that my nativity | |
| Mischanced was with the ruler of May. | 10 |
| He guessed (I prove) of that the verity. | |
| In May my wealth, and eke my wits, I say, | |
| Have stond so oft in such perplexity: | |
| Joy; let me dream of your felicity. | | | | |
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