Love
What no perdy ye may be sure
From The Poems of Sir Thomas Wiat (ed. A. K. Foxwell, 1913)
What no perdy ye may be sure !
Thinck not to make me to your lure,
With wordes and chere so contrarieng,
Swete and sowre contrewaing;
To much it were still to endure ;
Trouth is tryed where craft is in ure ;
But though ye have hade my hertes cure
Trow ye I dote withoute ending?
What no perdy !
Though that with pain I do procure
For to forgett that ons was pure,
Within my hert shall still that thing
Unstable, unsure, and wavering
Be in my mynde withoute recure?
What no perdy !
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MLA
Wyatt, Thomas. “What no perdy ye may be sure.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wyatt/13/.
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Wyatt, Thomas. “What no perdy ye may be sure.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wyatt/13/.
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