Love

Thou hast no faith of him that hath none

by Sir Thomas Wyatt 1503–1542

From The Poems of Sir Thomas Wiat (ed. A. K. Foxwell, 1913)

Love

Thou hast no faith of him that hath none,
But thou must love him nedes by reason,
For as saieth a proverbe notable,
" Eche thing seketh his semblable
And thou hast thyn of thy condition.

Yet is it not the thing I passe on,
Nor hote nor cold is myn affection.
For syns thyn hert is so mutable,
Thou hast no faith.

I thought the true withoute exception,
But I perceve I lacked discretion
To fasshion faith to wordes mutable ;
Thy thought is to light and variable
To chaunge so oft withoute occasion,
Thou hast no faith.

MLA

Wyatt, Thomas. “Thou hast no faith of him that hath none.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wyatt/10/.

Chicago

Wyatt, Thomas. “Thou hast no faith of him that hath none.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wyatt/10/.

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