| Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Rondeaux | | Request to Cupid for Revenge of his unkind Love |
| | | BEHOLD, Love, thy power how she despiseth; | |
| My grievous pain how little she regardeth: | |
| The solemn oath, whereof she takes no cure, | |
| Broken she hath, and yet, she bideth sure, | |
| Right at her ease, and little thee she dreadeth: | 5 |
| Weaponed thou art, and she unarmed sitteth: | |
| To thee disdainful, all her life she leadeth; | |
| To me spiteful, without just cause or measure: | |
| Behold, Love, how proudly she triumpheth. | |
| I am in hold, but if thee pity moveth, | 10 |
| Go, bend thy bow, that stony hearts breaketh, | |
| And with some stroke revenge the displeasure | |
| Of thee, and him that sorrow doth endure, | |
| And, as his lord, thee lowly here entreateth. | | | | |
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