Of sudden trusting. Songs and Epigrams. Sir Thomas Wyatt. 1880. The Poetical Works

Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880.

Songs and Epigrams

Of sudden trusting


DRIVEN by desire I did this deed,
To danger myself without cause why,
To trust the untrue not like to speed,
To speak and promise faithfully:
But now the proof doth verify,	5
That whoso trusteth ere he know,
Doth hurt himself and please his foe.