| Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Odes | | The abused Lover reproacheth his false Mistress of Dissimulation |
| | | TO wet your eye withouten tear, | |
| And in good health to feign disease, | |
| That you thereby mine eyen might blear, | |
| Therewith your other friends to please; | |
| And though ye think ye need not fear, | 5 |
| Yet so ye can not me appease; | |
| But as ye list fawn, flatter, or glose, | |
| Ye shall not win, if I do lose. | |
| Prate, and paint, and spare not, | |
| Ye know I can me wreak; | 10 |
| And if so be ye can so not, | |
| Be sure I do not reck; | |
| And though ye swear it were not, | |
| I can both swear and speak | |
| By God, and by this cross, | 15 |
| If I have the mock, ye shall have the loss. | | | | |
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