The Devonshire Manuscript/To make an ende of all this strif

←whan that I call vnto my mynde || width="200" align="right" | Wyll ye se / What Wonderous love hathe wrought→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 83r|thumb|389px The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 83v|thumb|389px f. [83r] 1    To make an ende of all this strif2    no lenger{g'} tyme for to sustaine3    but now withe dethe to chaung the lif4    of him that lyves alwaies in payne /5    dispaire suche powre hathe yn his hande6    that helpith most I kno certeyne /7    may not with{w+t+}stonde / f. [83v] 8    maye not with{w+t+}stande that is electe9    bye fortunis most extremytie10    but all in worthe to be excepte11    with{w+t+}outen lawe or libretye12    what vaylithe then vnto my thought13    yf right can have no remedie14    there vaylith nought15    there vaylithe nought but all in vaine16    the fawte thereof maye none amende17    but onlie dethe for to constraine18    this spightfull happ. to have an ende /19    so grete disdaine dothe me pro{p3}voke20    that drede of dethe cannot deffende21    this dedelye stroke22    this dedelie stroke wherebye shall seace23    the harborid sighis with{w+t+}in my herte24    and for the gifte of this relese25    my hand in haste shall playe his parte26    to doo this cure againste his kinde27    {{s}8}{_o} {_o} forom ch for chaunge of lif from long deserte28    . to place assignid29    To place assignid forever more30    nowe bye constrainte I do agre /31    to loose the bonde of my restore32    wherein is bounde my librte33    dethe and dispaire doth vndre take34    from{_o} all mishap full now hardilye35    this ende to makefs __NOTOC__ Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 246-47. this poem was entered by H8. The speaker feels dispirited and sees only death as a remedy to his or her spiteful fortune. The speaker’s despair possibly stems from difficulties in love and in preferment. Works Cited