| Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Odes | | The Lover recounteth the variable Fancy of his fickle Mistress |
| | | IS it possible? | |
| That so high debate, | |
| So sharp, so sore, and of such rate, | |
| Should end so soon, and was begun so late. | |
| Is it possible? | 5 |
| Is it possible? | |
| So cruel intent, | |
| So hasty heat, and so soon spent, | |
| From love to hate, and thence for to relent, | |
| Is it possible? | 10 |
| Is it possible? | |
| That any may find, | |
| Within one heart so diverse mind, | |
| To change or turn as weather and wind, | |
| Is it possible? | 15 |
| Is it possible? | |
| To spy it in an eye, | |
| That turns as oft as chance or die, | |
| The truth whereof can any try; | |
| Is it possible? | 20 |
| It is possible, | |
| For to turn so oft; | |
| To bring that low’st that was most aloft; | |
| And to fall highest, yet to light soft; | |
| It is possible! | 25 |
| All is possible! | |
| Whoso list believe, | |
| Trust therefore first and after preve; | |
| As men wed ladies by license and leave; | |
| All is possible! | 30 | | | |
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