Love

Off purpos Love chase first for to be blynd

by Sir Thomas Wyatt 1503–1542

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

Love

Off purpos Love chase first for to be blynd ;
For he with syght of that that I behold,
Vanquisht had bene against all godly kynd ;
His bow, your hand, and trusse shold have unfold :
And he with me to serve had bene assind.
But, for he blind and rekelesse wold him hold.
And still by chaunse his dedly strokes bestow.
With such as see I serve and suffer wow.

MLA

Wyatt, Thomas. “Off purpos Love chase first for to be blynd.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wyatt/64/.

Chicago

Wyatt, Thomas. “Off purpos Love chase first for to be blynd.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wyatt/64/.

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