| Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Songs and Sonnets | | The Lover forsaketh his unkind Love |
| | | MY heart I gave thee, not to do it pain, | |
| But to preserve, lo, it to thee was taken. | |
| I served thee, not that I should be forsaken; | |
| But, that I should receive reward again, | |
| I was content thy servant to remain; | 5 |
| And not to be repayed on this fashion. | |
| Now, since in thee there is none other reason, | |
| Displease thee not, if that I do refrain. | |
| Unsatiate of my woe, and thy desire; | |
| Assured by craft for to excuse thy fault: | 10 |
| But, since it pleaseth thee to feign default, | |
| Farewell, I say, departing from the fire. | |
| For he that doth believe, bearing in hand, | |
| Plougheth in the water, and soweth in the sand. | | | | |
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