| Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Odes | | Deserted by his Mistress, he renounceth all Joy for ever |
| | | HEART oppress’d with desperate thought, | |
| Is forced ever to lament; | |
| Which now in me so far hath wrought, | |
| That needs to it I must consent: | |
| Wherefore all joy I do refuse, | 5 |
| And cruel will thereof accuse. | |
| If cruel will had not been guide, | |
| Despair in me had [found] no place; | |
| For my true meaning she well espied; | |
| Yet for all that would give no grace; | 10 |
| Wherefore all joy I do refuse, | |
| And cruel will thereof accuse. | |
| She might well see, and yet would not: | |
| And may daily, if that she will; | |
| How painful is my hapless lot; | 15 |
| Joined with despair me for to spill; | |
| Wherefore all joy I do refuse, | |
| And cruel will thereof accuse. | | | | |
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