The Devonshire Manuscript/Resounde my voyse ye woodes that herithe me plaine

f. [72r]

1    Resounde my voyse ye woodes {es} that herithe me plaine 2    bothe hillis and valeis causers of reflexion 3    and Ryvors eke recorde rs ye of my paine 4    wiche hathe ye oft forced bye compassion 5    as Iudges to here my exclamation 6    among whom I finde pitye dothe remaine / 7    where I yt sought alas there is disdayne

8    Oft ye Riuors to here my wofull sounde 9    have stopt yor coursse &amp; plainle texepresse to express 10    manye atree bye moistur {t'} of the grounde 11    the yerthe hathe wepte to here my hevinesse 12    wiche causseles to suffre with {w+t+} out redresse / 13    the howgie oakes have roryd in the wynde 14    eche thing me thought movin {_i} g in the kinde

15    Whye then alas dothe not she on me Rewe 16    or ys her herte se harde that no pitye 17    maye yn yt synk my Ioyes for to renue / 18    O tygres herte who hathe so clokid the / 19    {w+t+} {u'} that arte so cruell / couerd with bewtye 20    there is no grace from {_o} the that maye procede 21    but as rewarde Dethe for to bee my mede /

fs s

Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. This poem plays explicitly with religious imagery; the Lady will only bestow death as a reward to the lover, even though nature itself pities the speaker’s plight. The medieval poem La Belle Dame Sans Merci similarly explores a lady's harsh response to a lover. R. A. Rebholz observes that Wyatt may have imitated Serafino's strambotto "L'aer che sente il mesto e gran clamore," but he expands Serafino's eight-line lyric by adding hills, vales, rivers, rain, and oaks, and by concluding with a complaint to the speaker's love. The poem also appears in Tottel's Miscellany under the title “The louer complaineth that his loue doth not pitie him” (item 59).

Texts Collated
LEge30, STC13860_22

Collation
1     Resounde] Resound LEge30 REsownde STC_13860_22     voyse] voyce STC_13860_22     woodes] wodees LEge30 woodes, STC_13860_22     herithe] here LEge30 heare STC_13860_22     plaine] plain LEge30 plaine: STC_13860_22 2     bothe] boeth LEge30 Both STC_13860_22     hillis] hilles LEge30 STC_13860_22     valeis] vales LEge30 STC_13860_22     causers of] causing LEge30 causyng STC_13860_22     reflexion] reflexion, STC_13860_22 3     and] And STC_13860_22     Ryvors] Ryvers LEge30 riuers STC_13860_22     eke] eke, STC_13860_22     recorders] record LEge30 STC_13860_22     paine] pain LEge30 paine: STC_13860_22 4     wiche] which LEge30 Which STC_13860_22     hathe] have LEge30 haue STC_13860_22     ye]  STC_13860_22     forced] forced ye STC_13860_22     bye] by LEge30 STC_13860_22     compassion] compassion, STC_13860_22 5     as] As STC_13860_22     Iudges] iudges STC_13860_22     to] lo to STC_13860_22     here] heare STC_13860_22     exclamation] exclamacion. STC_13860_22 6     among] Amonge STC_13860_22     whom] whome LEge30 whom, STC_13860_22     I finde pitye] pitie I fynde LEge30 such (I finde) yet STC_13860_22     dothe] doeth LEge30 doth STC_13860_22     remaine /] remayn LEge30 remaine. STC_13860_22 7     where] When LEge30 Where STC_13860_22     yt] it LEge30 STC_13860_22     sought] seke LEge30 seke, STC_13860_22     alas] Alas LEge30 alas, STC_13860_22     disdayne] disdain LEge30 disdaine. STC_13860_22 8     Riuors] Revers: LEge30 riuers, STC_13860_22     here] hear STC_13860_22     sounde] sounde, STC_13860_22 9     have] Haue STC_13860_22     yor] your LEge30 STC_13860_22     coursse] course : LEge30 cours, STC_13860_22     &amp;] and LEge30 STC_13860_22     plainle] plainly LEge30 plainely STC_13860_22     texepresse] to expresse LEge30 to expresse, STC_13860_22 10     manye] many LEge30 Many STC_13860_22     atree] a tere LEge30 a teare STC_13860_22     bye] by LEge30 STC_13860_22     moistur] moystour LEge30 moisture STC_13860_22 11     the] The STC_13860_22     yerthe] erth LEge30 earth STC_13860_22     hathe] hath LEge30 STC_13860_22     wepte] wept LEge30 STC_13860_22     here] hear STC_13860_22     hevinesse] hevenes LEge30 heauinesse: STC_13860_22 12     wiche] which LEge30 Which STC_13860_22     causseles] causeles LEge30 causelesse STC_13860_22     to suffre] I endure STC_13860_22     redresse /] redresse. STC_13860_22 13     the] The STC_13860_22     howgie] howgy LEge30 hugy STC_13860_22     oakes] okes LEge30 STC_13860_22     have] haue STC_13860_22     roryd] rored LEge30 STC_13860_22     wynde] winde, STC_13860_22 14     eche] Ech STC_13860_22     moving] complayning LEge30 STC_13860_22     the] their LEge30 STC_13860_22     kinde] kynde LEge30 kinde. STC_13860_22 15     Whye] Why LEge30 STC_13860_22     alas] helas LEge30     dothe] doeth LEge30 doth STC_13860_22     Rewe] rew LEge30 rew, STC_13860_22 16     or] Or STC_13860_22     ys] is LEge30 STC_13860_22     herte] hert LEge30 hart STC_13860_22     se] so LEge30 STC_13860_22     harde] herd LEge30 hard STC_13860_22     pitye] pitie LEge30 STC_13860_22 17     maye] may LEge30 May STC_13860_22     yn yt] in it LEge30 STC_13860_22     synk] synke LEge30 sinke, STC_13860_22     Ioyes] Ioye LEge30 ioye STC_13860_22     renue /] renew LEge30 renew? STC_13860_22 18     tygres] stony LEge30 STC_13860_22     herte] hert LEge30 hart STC_13860_22     who] ho LEge30     hathe] hath LEge30 STC_13860_22     so clokid the /] this Ioyned the LEge30 thus framed thee STC_13860_22 19     that arte so cruell /] so cruell that art : LEge30 So cruell? that art STC_13860_22    couerd] cloked LEge30 STC_13860_22     bewtye] beaultie LEge30 beauty, STC_13860_22 20     there is]  LEge30 That from thee may STC_13860_22     no grace] no grace to me LEge30 STC_13860_22     from the]  STC_13860_22     that maye] there may LEge30     procede] procede, STC_13860_22 21     but] But STC_13860_22     rewarde] rewarded LEge30 reward STC_13860_22     Dethe] deth LEge30 death STC_13860_22     bee] be LEge30 STC_13860_22     mede /] mede. STC_13860_22