Love

With serving still

by Sir Thomas Wyatt 1503–1542

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

Love

With serving still
This have I wone.
For my goodwyll
To be undon.

And for redresse
Of all my payne,
Disdaynefulnes
I have againe.

And for reward
Of all my smarte,
Lo, thus unharde
I must departe !

Wherefore all ye
That after shall
Bye ffortune be
As I am, thrall,

Example take,
What I have won
Thus for her sake
To be undone !

MLA

Wyatt, Thomas. “With serving still.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wyatt/160/.

Chicago

Wyatt, Thomas. “With serving still.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wyatt/160/.

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