The Devonshire Manuscript/Payne of all payne the most grevos paine

←Eche man telles me I chaunge of my devise || width="200" align="right" | lament my losse my labor and my payne→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 75v|thumb|389px The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 76r|thumb|389px f. [75v] 1 Payne of all payne the{{th}+e+} most grevors paine2 ys to loue hartelye & can{_a} not be louid again3 {{s}8}{w+t+} love with vnkindenesse is causer of hevenis4 of inwarde sorro & sighis painefull.5 Where as I love is no redresse6 {es}{{th}+e+} {n'} to no manner of pastime the sprites so dull7 {es}{es} {p`} with priue morninges& lookes Rufull.8 the boddye all werishe the{{th}+e+} collor pale & wan9 {_i} {_e}   a ghost more like agost then lyk a lyving man10 {{th}+e+}{_a} Whan cupido hath inflamid the harte desire11 to love there as ys disdayne.12 of good or ill the{{th}+e+} minde obliuyous.13  to attain  Nothin{_i} g regardin{_i} g but love tattaine14 alwais imaginin{_i}g by what meane or train15 yt may be at rest thus in a momen{_e}te.16 now here now there being never con{_o}tente.17 {{th}+e+}{_a} {_i} Tossing and torning whanthe body wolde rest. f. [76r] 18 with{w+t+} dreamis opprest and visions fantastycall19 sleping or waking love is ever preste20 some tyme to wepe some tyme to crye and call21 bewayling his fortune and lif bestiall22 Nowe in hope of recure and now in dispaire23 this yis a sorye lyf to lyve alwaye in care/24 Recorde of therence in his com{_o}medis poeticall25 yn love ys Ielosye / and iniuris mannye on{_o}n26 angre and debate with{w+t+} mynde sensuall.27 nowe warre nowe peace musing all alone /28 some tyme all morte and colde as anye stonne29 this causith unkindenesse of suche as cannot skill30 of th trewe love assurde with{w+t+} herte and good will31 Lucrese the Romaine for love of our{o+r+} lorde32 {_o}{p+} & bye cause perforce she had commit advowtrye33 with{w+t+} tarquinus as the storye dothe recorde34 her self ded slea / with{w+t+}c a knif most pituoslye35 {{th}+t+}{es} among her nigh frindes bye cause that she36 so falslye was betrayed lo this was the guardon37 Where as true love hath no domynyon38 To make rehersall of old antiqui{q+i+}tye39 what nedithe yt we see bye experience40 among lovers yt chaunsith daylye41 Displeasor and variaunce for none offens42 but if true love might gyve sentens43 that vnkindenes & disdayne shuld have no place44 but true harte / for true love yt ware agrete grace /45 O venuis ladye of love the goddesse46 help all true lovers / to have love againe47 bannishe from{_o} thye presens disdayne and vnkindnesse48 kyndnesse and pytie to thy ser{{s}8}uice Retayne49 for true love ons fixed / in the cordiall vayne50 can never be revoulsid bye no manner{n'}of arte51 {p1}{_o} vnto the sowle from the boddye departefs __NOTOC__ Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 241-42. this poem was entered by H8. The poem is known as “Love with vnkindenesse is causer of hevenis.” Rebholz notes that this lyric could be a modified carol.ibid., 505-06 The speaker uses classical allusions to describe the difficult life of a lover suspended between hope and despair. The stanzaic division in this lyric is minimal. Works Cited