Collected poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt Edited by Kenneth Muir and Patricia Thomson |
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 | Collected poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt |  |
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[I am as I am and so wil I be]
I am as I am and so wil I be,
But how that I am none knoith trulie;
Be yt evill, be yt well, be I bonde, be I fre,
I am as I am and so will I be.
But how that I am none knoith trulie;
Be yt evill, be yt well, be I bonde, be I fre,
I am as I am and so will I be.
I lede my lif indifferentelye,
I meane no thing but honestelie,
And thoughe folkis judge full dyverslye,
I am as I am and so will I dye.
I meane no thing but honestelie,
And thoughe folkis judge full dyverslye,
I am as I am and so will I dye.
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I doo not rejoise nor yet complayne;
Both myrth and sadness I do refrayne;
And vse the mene sens folkys wyll fayne;
Yet I am as I am, be hit pleasure or payne.
Both myrth and sadness I do refrayne;
And vse the mene sens folkys wyll fayne;
Yet I am as I am, be hit pleasure or payne.
Men doo juge as they doo trow,
Sum of pleasure, and sum of woo;
Yet for all that nothing they know;
But I am as I am wheresoeuer I goo.
Sum of pleasure, and sum of woo;
Yet for all that nothing they know;
But I am as I am wheresoeuer I goo.
But sens that Judgers take that way,
Let euery man his judgement say;
I wyll hit take in sport and play,
Yet I am as I am whoosoeuer say nay.
Let euery man his judgement say;
I wyll hit take in sport and play,
Yet I am as I am whoosoeuer say nay.
Who Judggis well, god well them send;
Whoo Judgith yll, god them amend;
To juge the best therefore intend;
For I am as I am and soo wyll I end.
Whoo Judgith yll, god them amend;
To juge the best therefore intend;
For I am as I am and soo wyll I end.
Yet sum therbe that take delyght
To Judge folkes thowght by outward sight;
But whether they Judge wrong or Right,
I am as I am and soo doo I wright.
To Judge folkes thowght by outward sight;
But whether they Judge wrong or Right,
I am as I am and soo doo I wright.
I pray ye all that this doo rede,
To trust hit as ye doo your cred,
And thynck not that I wyll change my wede,
For I am as I am how sooeuer I spede.
To trust hit as ye doo your cred,
And thynck not that I wyll change my wede,
For I am as I am how sooeuer I spede.
But how that ys I leue to you;
Judge as ye lyst, false or trew;
Ye know no more then afore ye knew;
But I am as I am whatsoeuer insew.
Judge as ye lyst, false or trew;
Ye know no more then afore ye knew;
But I am as I am whatsoeuer insew.
And frome this mynd I wyll not flee;
But to all them that mysejudge me
I do protest, as ye doo se,
That I am as I am and soo wyll I dy.
But to all them that mysejudge me
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That I am as I am and soo wyll I dy.
| Collected poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt | |