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