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Wythe seruing still

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    ←love doth againe now all of chaunge→
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    1    {_i}{{s}8} Wythe seruing still
    2    this have I won{_o}ne
    3    for my god will
    4    to be vndon{_o}n

    5    And for redresse
    6    of all my payne
    7    disdaynefulnes
    8    I have againe

    9    And for reward
    10    of all my smar{m'}te
    11    so thus vnharde
    12    I must depar{p+}te

    13    Wherefore all ye
    14    that after{t'} shall
    15    bye ffortune be
    16    as I am thrall

    17    Example take
    18    what I have won{_o}n
    19    thus for her sake
    20    to be vndon{_o}ne
    fs lerne but ^to syng
          yt

    Commentary

    Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[1] this poem was entered by H8. Rebholz notes that in the Trinity College Dublin MS D.2.7 the scribe attributes the poem to Thomas Vaux.[2] The speaker’s efforts to woo the lady have won him only disdain; he warns other lovers to pay heed to his misfortune.

    Works Cited

    1. ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 296-97.
    2. ↑ ibid., 531.


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    1      seruing] seruyng DBla24     still] styll this DBla24 
    2      have] haue DBla24 
    3      for] ffor DBla24     god] good DBla24     will] wyll DBla24 
    4      vndonn] vndonne DBla24 
    5      for] ffor DBla24     redresse] redres DBla24 
    7      disdaynefulnes] disdaynffulnes DBla24 
    8      againe] agayne DBla24 
    9      And] and DBla24     for] ffor DBla24 
    10      smarte] smart DBla24 
    11      so] lo DBla24     vnharde] vnhard DBla24 
    13      Wherefore] Wherfore DBla24     ye] ye that that DBla24 
    15      bye] by DBla24     ffortune] fortune DBla24 
    17      Example] Exempell DBla24 
    18      have] haue DBla24     wonn] wonne DBla24 
    19      her] hes DBla24 
    20      vndonne] vndone DBla24