| Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–47). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Songs and Sonnets | | Complaint of a Lover rebuked |
| | | LOVE, that liveth and reigneth in my thought, | |
| That built his seat within my captive breast; | |
| Clad in the arms wherein with me he fought, | |
| Oft in my face he doth his banner rest. | |
| She, that me taught to love, and suffer pain; | 5 |
| My doubtful hope, and eke my hot desire | |
| With shamefaced cloak to shadow and restrain, | |
| Her smiling grace converteth straight to ire. | |
| And coward Love then to the heart apace | |
| Taketh his flight; whereas he lurks, and plains | 10 |
| His purpose lost, and dare not shew his face. | |
| For my Lord’s guilt thus faultless bide I pains. | |
| Yet from my Lord shall not my foot remove: | |
| Sweet is his death, that takes his end by love. | | | | |
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