The Devonshire Manuscript/Pacyence of all my smart

←Sum tyme I syghe sumtyme I syng || width="200" align="right" | Who wold haue euer thowght→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 21r|thumb|389px f. [21r] 1    #3 Pacyence of all my smart2    ffor fortune ys tornyd awry3    pacyence must ese my hart4    that mornes{es} contynually5    pacyence to suffer Wrong6    ys a pacyence to long7    pacyence to have A nay8    of that{{th}+t+} I most Desyre9    pacyence to haue allway10    & euer{u'} burne lyke fyre11    pacyence with{w+t+}owt Desart12    ys grownder of my smart13    Who can with{w+t+} mery hart14    set forthe sum plesant song15    that Allways felys but smart16    and neuer{u'} hathe but wrong17    yet pacyence euermore18    must hele the wownd & sore19    pacyence to be content20   {es}{w+t+}  withith froward fortunes trayn21    pacyence to the intent22    ssumwhat to slake my payn23    I se no Remedy24    But suffer pacyently25    To playn wher ys none ere26    my chawnce ys chawnsyd so27    ffor yt dothe well apere28    my frend ys tornyd my foo29    But syns there ys no defence30    I must take pacyence __NOTOC__ Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed., Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems (London: Penguin, 1978), 233-34. this poem was entered by H2. The poem describes the speaker's suffering due to a friend-turned-foe and his or her enduring patience. The poems “What nedythe lyff when I requyer” (43r-44r) and “Greting to you bothe yn hertye wyse” (79r-79v) depict similar themes: the former recounts how lovers become enemies while the latter includes a warning about false friends. Rebholz notes that this poem may belong to a group of Wyatt's poems inspired by Serafino's Canzona de la Patientia.Rebholz, 502. Lines 1-2 of "Pacyence of all my smart" translate the first two lines of Serafino's poem. Works Cited