| Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Odes | | A renouncing of hardly escaped Love |
| | | FAREWELL the heart of cruelty; | |
| Though that with pain my liberty | |
| Dear have I bought, and wofully | |
| Finish’d my fearful tragedy. | |
| Of force I must forsake such pleasure; | 5 |
| A good cause just, since I endure | |
| Thereby my woe, which be ye sure, | |
| Shall therewith go me to recure. | |
| I fare as one escap’d that fleeth, | |
| Glad he is gone, and yet still feareth | 10 |
| Spied to be caught, and so dreadeth | |
| That he for nought his pain leseth. | |
| In joyful pain, rejoice my heart, | |
| Thus to sustain of each a part. | |
| Let not this song from thee astart, | 15 |
| Welcome among my pleasant smart. | | | | |
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