Sum tyme I syghe sumtyme I syng

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    1    Sum tyme I syghe sumtyme I syng
    2    Sumtyme I lawghe . sumtyme mornynge
    3    as one in dowte thys ys my ssayyng
    4    have I dysplesyd yow in any thyng

    5    Alake what aylythe you to be grevyd
    6    Ryght sory am I that ye be mevyd
    7    I am yor owne yf trewthe be prevyd
    8    & by yor Dyspleasure as one myschevyd

    9    When ye be mery than am I glad
    10    When ye be sory than am I sad
    11    Suche gra{gA}ce or fortune I wold I had
    12    yow for to plese how euer{u'} I were bestad

    13    When ye be mery why shuld I care
    14    ye are my Ioye & my wellfare
    15    I wyll you love I wyll not spare
    16    into yowre pre{p'}sens as farr as I dare

    17    All my poore hart & my love trew
    18    Whyle lyff Dothe last I gyve yt yow
    19    & yow to ser{{s}8} ve with{w+t+} ser{{s}8} vys Dew
    20    and neuer{u'} to change yow for no new1

    R2fynys

    Notes & Glosses

         1. There is a resonance with the wording in "Hey Robyn Ioly Robyn tell me" on 24r.
         2. It is possible that the character on the left is in the hand of Lady Margaret Douglas.

    Commentary

    Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[1] this poem was entered by H2. The poem describes the speaker's doubt of his or her lover returning.

    Works Cited

    1. ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed., Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems (London: Penguin, 1978), 271.