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The Devonshire Manuscript/Sum tyme I syghe sumtyme I syng
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f. [20v] 1 Sum tyme I syghe sumtyme I syng2 Sumtyme I lawghe . sumtyme mornynge3 as one in dowte thys ys my ssayyng4 have I dysplesyd yow in any thyng5 Alake what aylythe you to be grevyd6 Ryght sory am I that ye be mevyd7 I am yor owne yf trewthe be prevyd8 & by yor Dyspleasure as one myschevyd9 When ye be mery than am I glad10 When ye be sory than am I sad11 Suche gra{gA}ce or fortune I wold I had12 yow for to plese how euer{u'} I were bestad13 When ye be mery why shuld I care14 ye are my Ioye & my wellfare15 I wyll you love I wyll not spare16 into yowre pre{p'}sens as farr as I dare17 All my poore hart & my love trew18 Whyle lyff Dothe last I gyve yt yow19 & yow to ser{{s}8} ve with{w+t+} ser{{s}8} vys Dew20 and neuer{u'} to change yow for no new1R2fynys
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Notes & Glosses
1. There is a resonance with the wording in "Hey Robyn Ioly Robyn tell me" on 24r.
2. It is possible that the character on the left is in the hand of Lady Margaret Douglas.
Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed., Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems (London: Penguin, 1978), 271. this poem was entered by H2. The poem describes the speaker's doubt of his or her lover returning.
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