| Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Odes | | He promiseth to remain faithful whatever Fortune betide |
| | | SOMETIME I sigh, sometime I sing; | |
| Sometime I laugh, sometime mourning | |
| As one in doubt, this is my saying; | |
| Have I displeas’d you in any thing? | |
| Alack! what aileth you to be griev’d? | 5 |
| Right sorry am I that ye be moved. | |
| I am your own, if truth be prov’d; | |
| And by your displeasure as one mischiev’d. | |
| When ye be merry then am I glad; | |
| When ye be sorry then am I sad; | 10 |
| Such grace or fortune I would I had | |
| You for to please howe’er I were bestad. | |
| When ye be merry why should I care? | |
| Ye are my joy, and my welfare, | |
| I will you love, I will not spare | 15 |
| Into your presence, as far as I dare. | |
| All my poor heart, and my love true, | |
| While life doth last I give it you; | |
| And you to serve with service due, | |
| And never to change you for no new. | 20 | | | |
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