English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 37. The Lover’s Appeal |
| | | Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503(?)–1542) |
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| AND wilt thou leave me thus! | |
| Say nay! say nay! for shame! | |
| To save thee from the blame | |
| Of all my grief and grame. | |
| And wilt thou leave me thus? | 5 |
| Say nay! say nay! | |
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| And wilt thou leave me thus, | |
| That hath loved thee so long | |
| In wealth and woe among: | |
| And is thy heart so strong | 10 |
| As for to leave me thus? | |
| Say nay! say nay! | |
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| And wilt thou leave me thus, | |
| That hath given thee my heart | |
| Never for to depart | 15 |
| Neither for pain nor smart: | |
| And wilt thou leave me thus? | |
| Say nay! say nay! | |
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| And wilt thou leave me thus, | |
| And have no more pity | 20 |
| Of him that loveth thee? | |
| Alas! thy cruelty! | |
| And wilt thou leave me thus? | |
| Say nay! say nay! | |
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