 | "Songes and Sonettes written by the ryght honorable
Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other" |  |
Cruell and vnkind
Against a cruell woman.
Cruell and vnkind whom mercy cannot moue,Herbour of vnhappe where rigours rage doth raigne,
The ground of my griefe where pitie cannot proue:
To tickle to trust of all vntruth the traine,
thou rigorous rocke that ruth cannot remoue.
Daungerous delph depe dungeon of disdaine:
The sacke of selfe will the chest of craft and change,
What causeth the thus so causels for to change.
Ah piteles plante whome plaint cannot prouoke,
Darke den of disceite that right doth still refuse,
Causles vnkinde that carieth vnder cloke
Cruelty and craft me onely to abuse,
Statelye and stubberne withstanding cupides stroke,
Thou merueilouse mase that makest men to muse,
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Solleyn by selfe will, most stony stiffe and straunge,
What causeth thee thus causelesse for to chaunge.
Slipper and secrete where surety can not sowe
Net of newelty, neast of newfanglenesse,
Spring of very spite, from whence whole fluddes do flow,
Thou caue and cage of care and craftin esse
Waueryng willow that euery blast dothe blowe
Graffe withouten grothe and cause of carefulnesse.
The heape of mishap of all my griefe the graunge,
What causeth thee thus causelesse for to chaunge.
Hast thou forgote that I was thine infeft,
By force of loue haddest thou not hart at all,
Sawest thou not other that for thy loue were left
Knowest thou vnkinde, that nothing mught befall
From out my hart that could haue the bereft.
What meanest thou then at ryot thus to raunge,
And leauest thine owne that neuer thought to chau[n]ge.
| "Songes and Sonettes written by the ryght honorable
Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other" | |