| Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Odes | | The Lover prayeth not to be disdained, refused, mistrusted, nor forsaken |
| | | DISDAIN me not without desert; | |
| Nor leave me not so suddenly; | |
| Since well ye wot, that in my heart | |
| I mean ye not but honestly. | |
| Refuse me not without cause why; | 5 |
| For think me not to be unjust; | |
| Since that by lot of fantasy, | |
| This careful knot needs knit I must. | |
| Mistrust me not, though some there be, | |
| That fain would spot my steadfastness: | 10 |
| Believe them not, since that ye see, | |
| The proof is not, as they express. | |
| Forsake me not, till I deserve; | |
| Nor hate me not, till I offend; | |
| Destroy me not, till that I swerve: | 15 |
| But since ye know what I intend, | |
| Disdain me not, that am your own; | |
| Refuse me not, that am so true; | |
| Mistrust me not, till all be known; | |
| Forsake me not now for no new. | 20 | | | |
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