Love

The longe love that in my thought doeth harbar

by Sir Thomas Wyatt 1503–1542

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

Love

The longe love that in my thought doeth harbar :
And in myn hert doeth kepe his residence :
Into my face preseth with bolde pretence :
And therein campeth spreding his baner.

She that me lerneth to love and suffre :
And willes that my trust and lustes negligence
Be rayned by reason, shame, and reverence :
With his hardines taketh displeasur.

Where with all unto the hertes forrest he fleith :
Leving his enterprise with payn and cry :
And ther him hideth and not appereth.

What may I do when my maister fereth?
But in the feld with him to lyve and dye?
For goode is the liff, ending faithfully.

MLA

Wyatt, Thomas. “The longe love that in my thought doeth harbar.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wyatt/15/.

Chicago

Wyatt, Thomas. “The longe love that in my thought doeth harbar.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wyatt/15/.

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