 | "Songes and Sonettes written by the ryght honorable
Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other" |  |
Disdaine me not without desert
The louer praieth not to be disdained, refused, mistrusted, nor forsaken.
Disdaine me not without desert:Nor leaue me not so sodenly:
Sins well ye wot, that in my hert
I meane ye not but honestly.
Refuse me not without cause why:
Nor think me not to be vniust:
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Sins that by lotte of fantasy,
This carefull knot neades knit I must.
Mistrust me not, though some there be,
That faine would spot my stedfastnesse:
Beleue them not, sins that ye se,
The profe is not, as they expresse.
Forsake me not, till I deserue:
Nor hate me not, tyll I offend.
Destroy me not, tyll that I swerue.
But sins ye know what I intend:
Disdaine me not that am your owne:
Refuse me not that am so true:
Mistrust me not till all be knowne:
Forsake me not, ne for no new.
| "Songes and Sonettes written by the ryght honorable
Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other" | |