| Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–47). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Songs and Sonnets | | The constant Lover lamenteth |
| | | SINCE fortune’s wrath envieth the wealth | |
| Wherein I reigned, by the sight | |
| Of that, that fed mine eyes by stealth | |
| With sour, sweet, dread, and delight; | |
| Let not my grief move you to moan, | 5 |
| For I will weep and wail alone. | |
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| Spite drave me into Boreas’ reign, | |
| Where hoary frosts the fruits do bite, | |
| When hills were spread, and every plain | |
| With stormy winter’s mantle white; | 10 |
| And yet, my dear, such was my heat, | |
| When others froze, then did I sweat. | |
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| And now, though on the sun I drive, | |
| Whose fervent flame all things decays; | |
| His beams in brightness may not strive | 15 |
| With light of your sweet golden rays; | |
| Nor from my breast his heat remove | |
| The frozen thoughts, graven by Love. | |
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| Ne may the waves of the salt flood | |
| Quench that your beauty set on fire; | 20 |
| For though mine eyes forbear the food, | |
| That did relieve the hot desire; | |
| Such as I was, such will I be; | |
| Your own; what would ye more of me? | | | | |
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