The Devonshire Manuscript/Syns loue ys suche that as ye wott

←ffull well yt maye be sene || width="200" align="right" | Lo how I seke & sew to haue→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 51v|thumb|389px The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 52r|thumb|389px f. [51v] 1    Synes{es} loue ys suche that as ye wott2    cannot allways be wysely vsyd3    I say therfore then blame me nott4    tho I therin haue ben abusyd5    ffor as with{w+t+} cause I am accusyd6    gyllty I graunt suche was my lott7    & tho yt cannot be excusyd8    yet let suche folye be forgott9    ffor in my yeres of Rekles youthe10    my thought the power of loue so gret11    that to her lawes I bound my treuthe12    & to my wyll there was no lett13    my lyst nomore so far to fett14    suche frute lo as of loue ensewthe15    tho gayn was small that was to gett16    & of the losse the lesse the reuthe17    And few there ys but fyrst or last18    a tyme in loue ones{es} shall they haue19    & glad I am my tyme ys past20    henceforthe my fredome to with{w+t+}saue21    now in my hart there shall I grave22    the groundyd gra{gA}ce that now I tast23    thankyd be fortune that me gave24    so fayre a gyfft so sure & fast f. [52r] 25    Now suche as haue me sene or thys26    whan youthe in me sett forthe hys kynd27    & foly framd my thought Amys28    the faute wherof now well I ffynd29    loo syns that so yt ys assynd30    that vnto eche A tyme there ys31    then blame the lott that led my mynd32    sometyme to lyue in loves blys33    But frome henceforthe I do protest34    by pro{p3}ffe of that that I haue past35    shall neuer cease ceace with{w+t+}in my brest36    the power of loue so late owt cast37    the knott therof ys knytt ffull fast38    & I therto so sure proffest39   {w+t+}{u'} ffor euermore with me to last40    the power wherin I am possestffinis __NOTOC__ Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 239-40. this poem was entered by H6. This poem opposes the rational detachment from love in maturity to the philandering love of youth. Works Cited