Love
A ladye gave me a gyfte she had not
From The Poems of Sir Thomas Wiat (ed. A. K. Foxwell, 1913)
Love
A ladye gave me a gyfte she had not;
And I receyvid her guifte I toke not :
She gave it me willinglye and yet she wold not :
And I receyvid it albeit I coulde not.
If she geve it me I force not :
And if she take it agayne she cares not :
Conster vhat this is : and tell not :
For I am fast sworne I maye not.
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MLA
Wyatt, Thomas. “A ladye gave me a gyfte she had not.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wyatt/52/.
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Wyatt, Thomas. “A ladye gave me a gyfte she had not.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wyatt/52/.
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