Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Sir Thomas Wyatt. 1503154234. Forget not yet The Lover Beseecheth his Mistress not to Forget his Steadfast Faith and True Intent
FORGET not yet the tried intent | |
Of such a truth as I have meant; | |
My great travail so gladly spent, | |
Forget not yet! | |
Forget not yet when first began | 5 |
The weary life ye know, since whan | |
The suit, the service, none tell can; | |
Forget not yet! | |
Forget not yet the great assays, | |
The cruel wrong, the scornful ways, | 10 |
The painful patience in delays, | |
Forget not yet! | |
Forget not! O, forget not this!— | |
How long ago hath been, and is, | |
The mind that never meant amiss— | 15 |
Forget not yet! | |
Forget not then thine own approved, | |
The which so long hath thee so loved, | |
Whose steadfast faith yet never moved: | |
Forget not this! | 20 |