Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET: 35, by THOMAS WYATT



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First Line: To rail or jest ye know I use it not
Last Line: Too long delays and changing at the last.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas


To rail or jest, ye know I use it not,
Though that such cause sometime in folks I find,
And though to change ye list to set your mind,
Love it who list, in faith I like it not.
And if ye were to me as ye are not,
I would be loath to see you so unkind;
But since your faith must needs be so, be kind.
Though I hate it, I pray you leave it not.
Things of great weight I never thought to crave:
This is but small -- of right deny it not.
Your feigning ways as yet forget them not,
But like reward let other lovers have:
That is to say, for service true and fast,
Too long delays and changing at the last.





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