| Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Odes | | The dying Lover complaineth that his Mistress regardeth not his Sufferings |
| | | LIKE as the swan towards her death | |
| Doth strain her voice with doleful note; | |
| Right so sing I with waste of breath, | |
| I die! I die! and you regard it not. | |
| I shall enforce my fainting breath, | 5 |
| That all that hears this deadly note, | |
| Shall know that you dost cause my death, | |
| I die! I die! and you regard it not. | |
| Your unkindness hath sworn my death, | |
| And changed hath my pleasant note | 10 |
| To painful sighs that stop my breath. | |
| I die! I die! and you regard it not. | |
| Consumeth my life, faileth my breath, | |
| Your fault is forger of this note; | |
| Melting in tears a cruel death. | 15 |
| I die! I die! and you regard it not. | |
| My faith with me after my death | |
| Buried shall be, and to this note | |
| I do bequeath my weary breath | |
| To cry, I die! and you regard it not. | 20 | | | |
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