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The Devonshire Manuscript/Yf with complaint the paine might be exprest
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f. [73r] 1 Yf with{w+t+} complaint the paine might be exprest2 that inwardelye dothe cause me sigh & grone /3 yor harde herte and yor cruell brest4 shulde sighe and playne for my vnreste5 and tho yt ware of stone /6 yet shulde Remorse cause yt relent and mone /7 But sins yt ys so faure out of mesure8 {_o}{es} {w+t+} that with my wordes I cannot yt not contayne9 my onlye truste my hertes{es} tresure10 alas whye doo I still indure11 this resteles smerte and payne /12 sins yf ye list ye maye my woo restrainefs
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Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 182. this poem was entered by H8. The speaker complains of the Lady’s cruelty, which causes him so much pain that he cannot express his feelings in words.
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