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Songes and Sonettes

Tottel, Richard

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The louer for shamefastnesse hideth his desire within his faithfull hart.

The louer waxeth wiser, and will not die for affection

The abused louer seeth his foly, and entendeth to trust no more.

The louer describeth his being striken with sight of his loue.

The waueryng louer wylleth, and dreadeth, to moue his desire.

The louer hauing dreamed enioying of his loue, complaineth that the dreame is not either longer or truer.

The louer vnhappy biddeth happy louers reioice in Maie, while he waileth that moneth to him most vnlucky.

The louer confesseth him in loue with Phillis.

Of others fained sorrow, and the louers fained mirth.

Of change in minde.

How the louer perisheth in his delight, as the flie in the fire.

Against his tong that failed to vtter his sutes.

Description of the contrarious passions in a louer.

The louer compareth his state to a shippe in perilous storme tossed on the sea.

Of douteous loue.

The louer sheweth how he is forsaken of such as he somtime enioyed.

To a ladie to answere directly with yea or nay.

To his loue whom he had kissed against her will.

Of the Ielous man that loued the same woman and espied this other sitting with her.

To his loue from whom he hadd her gloues.

Of the fained frend.

The louer taught, mistrusteth allurementes.

The louer complayneth that his loue doth not pitie him.

The louer reioyseth against fortune that by hindering his sute had happily made him forsake his folly.

A renouncing of hardly escaped loue.

The louer to his bed, with describing of his vnquiet state.

Comparison of loue to a streame falling from the Alpes.

wiates complaint vpon Loue, to Reason: with Loues answer.

The louers sorowfull state maketh him write sorowfull songes, but Souche his loue may change the same.

The louer complaineth himself forsaken.

Of his loue that pricked her finger with a nedle.

Request to Cupide, for reuenge of his vnkinde loue.

Complaint for true loue vnrequited.

The louer that fled loue now folowes it with his harme.

The louer hopeth of better chance.

The louer compareth his hart to the ouercharged gonne.

The louer suspected of change praieth that it be not beleued against him.

The louer abused renownseth loue.

The louer professeth himself constant.

The louer sendeth his complaintes and teares to sue for grace.

The louers case can not be hidden how euer he dissemble.

The louer praieth not to be disdained, refused, mistrusted, nor forsaken.

The louer lamenteth his estate with sute for grace.

The louer waileth his changed ioyes.

The louer lamenteth other to haue the frutes of his seruice.

To his loue that had geuen him answere of refusell.

To his ladie cruel ouer her yelden louer.

The louer complaineth that deadlie sicknesse can not helpe his affeccion.

The louer reioiceth the enioying of his loue.

The louer complayneth the vnkindnes of his loue.

How by a kisse he found both his life and death.

The louer describeth his being taken with sight of his loue.

To his louer to loke vpon him.

The louer excuseth him of wordes wherwith he was vniustly charged.

Of such as had forsaken him.

A description of such a one as he would loue.

How vnpossible it is to finde quiet in his loue.

Of Loue, Fortune, and the louers minde.

The louer prayeth his offred hart to be receiued.

The louers life compared to the Alpes.

Charging of his loue as vnpiteous and louing other.

A renouncing of loue.

The louer forsaketh his vnkinde loue

The louer describeth his restlesse state.

The louer lamentes the death of his loue.

The louer sendeth sighes to mone his sute.

Complaint of the absence of his loue.

The louer blameth his loue for renting of the letter he sent her.

The louer curseth the tyme when first he fell in loue.

The louer determineth to serue faithfully.

The louer suspected blameth yll tonges.

The louer complaineth and his lady comforteth.

why loue is blinde.

To his vnkinde loue.

The louer blameth hs instant desyre.

The louer complayneth his estate.

Against hourders of money.

Discripcion of a gonne.

wiat being in prison, to Brian.

Of dissembling wordes.

Of the meane and sure estate.

The courtiers life.

Of disapointed purpose by negligence.

Of his returne from Spaine.

Of sodaine trustyng.

Of the mother that eat her childe at the siege of Ierusalem.

Of the meane and sure estate written to Iohn Poins.

Of the Courtiers life written to Iohn Poins.

How to vse the court and him selfe therin, written to syr Fraunces Bryan.

The song of Iopas vnfinished.

Songes written by Nicolas Grimald.

Vncertain auctours.

Other Songes and Sonettes written by the earle of Surrey.

Other Songes and sonettes written by sir Thomas wiat the elder

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Description of the contrarious passions in a louer.

I find no peace, and all my warre is done:
I feare, and hope: I burne, and frese like yse:

I flye aloft, yet can I not arise:
And nought I haue, and all the worlde I season,
That lockes nor loseth, holdeth me in pryson,
And holdes me not, yet can I scape no wise:
Nor lettes me lyue, nor dye, at my deuise,
And yet of death it geueth me occasion.
Without eye I se, without tong I playne:
I wish to perysh, yet I aske for helth:
I loue another, and thus I hate my selfe.
I fede me in sorow, and laugh in all my payne.
Lo, thus displeaseth me both death and life.
And my delight is causer of this strife.