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Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880.

Songs and Epigrams

A Riddle of a Gift given by a Lady

A LADY gave me a gift she had not;

And I received her gift which I took not;

She gave it me willingly, and yet she would not;

And I received it, albeit, I could not:

If she give it me, I force not;

And if she take it again, she cares not.

Construe what this is, and tell not;

For I am fast sworn I may not.