I will and yet I may not, The more it is my pain. What thing I will, I shall not. Wherefore my will is vain. Will willing is in vain, This may I right well see. Although my will would fain, My will it may not be. Because I will and may not, My will is not my own. For lack of will I cannot, The cause whereof I moan. Foy! that I will and cannot Yet still I do sustain! Between 'I will' and 'shall not' My love cannot obtain. Thus wishers wants their will And they that will do crave. But they that will not will Their will the soonest have. Since that I will and shall not, My will I will refrain. Thus, for to will and will not, Will willing is but vain. |