| Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–47). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Songs and Sonnets | | The Fancy of a wearier Lover |
| | | THE FANCY, which that I have served long; | |
| That hath alway been enemy to mine ease; | |
| Seemed of late to rue upon my wrong, | |
| And bade me fly the cause of my misease. | |
| And I forthwith did press out of the throng, | 5 |
| That thought by flight my painful heart to please | |
| Some other way, till I saw faith more strong; | |
| And to myself I said, ‘Alas! those, days | |
| In vain were spent, to run the race so long.’ | |
| And with that thought I met my guide, that plain, | 10 |
| Out of the way wherein I wander’d wrong, | |
| Brought me amidst the hills in base Bullayne: | |
| Where I am now, as restless to remain | |
| Against my will, full pleased with my pain. | | | | |
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