Sir Thomas Wyatt: To His Lute
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To His Lute

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MY lute, awake! perform the last
Labour that thou and I shall waste,
         And end that I have now begun;
For when this song is said and past,
         My lute, be still, for I have done.

As to be heard where ear is none,
As lead to grave in marble stone,
         My song may pierce her heart as soon:
Should we then sing, or sigh, or moan?
         No, no, my lute! for I have done.

The rocks do not so cruelly
Repulse the waves continually,
         As she my suit and affectiĆ²n;
So that I am past remedy:
         Whereby my lute and I have done.

Proud of the spoil that thou hast got
Of simple hearts thorough Love's shot,
         By whom, unkind, thou hast them won;
Think not he hath his bow forgot,
         Although my lute and I have done.

Vengeance shall fall on thy disdain,
That makest but game of earnest pain:
         Trow not alone under the sun
Unquit to cause thy lover's plain,
         Although my lute and I have done.

May chance thee lie wither'd and old
The winter nights that are so cold,
         Plaining in vain unto the moon:
Thy wishes then dare not be told:
         Care then who list! for I have done.

And then may chance thee to repent
The time that thou has lost and spent
         To cause thy lover's sigh and swoon:
Then shalt thou know beauty but lent,
         And wish and want as I have done.

Now cease, my lute! this is the last
Labour that thou and I shall waste,
         And ended is that we begun:
Now is this song both sung and past--
         My lute, be still, for I have done.


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