| Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Rondeaux | | The absent Lover persuadeth himself that his Mistress will not have the power to forsake him |
| | | IF it be so that I forsake thee, | |
| As banished from thy company; | |
| Yet my heart, my mind, and my affection, | |
| Shall still remain in thy perfection, | |
| And right as thou list so order me. | 5 |
| But some would say in their opinion, | |
| Revolted is thy good intention. | |
| Then may I well blame thy cruelty, | |
| If it be so. | |
| But myself I say on this fashion; | 10 |
| ‘I have her heart in my possession, | |
| And of itself cannot, perdie! | |
| By no means love, an heartless body!’ | |
| And on my faith good is the reason, | |
| If it be so. | 15 | | | |
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