The Devonshire Manuscript/Syns loue ys suche that as ye wott
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1 Synes{es} loue ys suche that as ye wott
2 cannot allways be wysely vsyd
3 I say therfore then blame me nott
4 tho I therin haue ben abusyd
5 ffor as with{w+t+} cause I am accusyd
6 gyllty I graunt suche was my lott
7 & tho yt cannot be excusyd
8 yet let suche folye be forgott
9 ffor in my yeres of Rekles youthe
10 my thought the power of loue so gret
11 that to her lawes I bound my treuthe
12 & to my wyll there was no lett
13 my lyst nomore so far to fett
14 suche frute lo as of loue ensewthe
15 tho gayn was small that was to gett
16 & of the losse the lesse the reuthe
17 And few there ys but fyrst or last
18 a tyme in loue ones{es} shall they haue
19 & glad I am my tyme ys past
20 henceforthe my fredome to with{w+t+}saue
21 now in my hart there shall I grave
22 the groundyd gra{gA}ce that now I tast
23 thankyd be fortune that me gave
24 so fayre a gyfft so sure & fast
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25 Now suche as haue me sene or thys
26 whan youthe in me sett forthe hys kynd
27 & foly framd my thought Amys
28 the faute wherof now well I ffynd
29 loo syns that so yt ys assynd
30 that vnto eche A tyme there ys
31 then blame the lott that led my mynd
32 sometyme to lyue in loves blys
33 But frome henceforthe I do protest
34 by pro{p3}ffe of that that I haue past
35 shall neuer cease ceace with{w+t+}in my brest
36 the power of loue so late owt cast
37 the knott therof ys knytt ffull fast
38 & I therto so sure proffest
39 {w+t+}{u'} ffor euermore with me to last
40 the power wherin I am possest
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Commentary
[edit | edit source]Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[1] this poem was entered by H6. This poem opposes the rational detachment from love in maturity to the philandering love of youth.
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