The Devonshire Manuscript/The Ioye so short alas the paine so nere

←My herte I gave the not to do yt paine || width="200" align="right" | Eche man telles me I chaunge of my devise→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 75v|thumb|389px f. [75v] 1    The Ioye so short alas the paine so nere2    {m'}{p+} the waye so long the departure so smarte3    the furst sight alas I bought to dere4    {p+}{_o} that so sodonnelye now from hens must parte5    the bodye gone yet remaine shall the herte6    {w+t+}{w+t+} with her withwiche for me salte teris shallded Raine7    and shall not chaunge till that{{th}+t+} we mete againe8    tho tyme doth passe / yet shall not my love9    tho I be farre always / my hert is nere10    tho other chaunge yet will not I remove11    tho other care not / yet love I will & fere12    tho other hate / yet will I love my dere13    tho other woll of lightnes saye adewe14    yet woll I be founde stedefast and trewe /15    when other laughe /. alas then do I wepe /16    when other wype sing /. then do I waile & crye17    {p+}{_u} when other runne perforcyd I am to crepe18    When other daunce / in sorro I do lye19    when other Ioye / for paine welnere I dye20    thus brought   from{_o} welthe / alas tendlespaine21    that undeser{{s}8}uid / causeles to remayne /fs. __NOTOC__ Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 131. this poem was entered by H8. Although the speaker labours under undeserved pain, he will not forsake his love. Works Cited