The Devonshire Manuscript/Syns loue ys suche that as ye wott

f. [51v]

1    Synes {es} loue ys suche that as ye wott 2    cannot allways be wysely vsyd 3    I say therfore then blame me nott 4    tho I therin haue ben abusyd 5    ffor as with {w+t+} cause I am accusyd 6    gyllty I graunt suche was my lott 7    &amp; tho yt cannot be excusyd 8    yet let suche folye be forgott

9    ffor in my yeres of Rekles youthe 10    my thought the power of loue so gret 11    that to her lawes I bound my treuthe 12    &amp; to my wyll there was no lett 13    my lyst nomore so far to fett 14    suche frute lo as of loue ensewthe 15    tho gayn was small that was to gett 16    &amp; of the losse the lesse the reuthe

17    And few there ys but fyrst or last 18    a tyme in loue ones {es} shall they haue 19    &amp; glad I am my tyme ys past 20    henceforthe my fredome to with {w+t+} saue 21    now in my hart there shall I grave 22    the groundyd gra {gA} ce that now I tast 23    thankyd be fortune that me gave 24    so fayre a gyfft so sure &amp; fast

f. [52r]

25    Now suche as haue me sene or thys 26    whan youthe in me sett forthe hys kynd 27    &amp; foly framd my thought Amys 28    the faute wherof now well I ffynd 29    loo syns that so yt ys assynd 30    that vnto eche A tyme there ys 31    then blame the lott that led my mynd 32    sometyme to lyue in loves blys

33    But frome henceforthe I do protest 34    by pro {p3} ffe of that that I haue past 35    shall neuer cease ceace with {w+t+} in my brest 36    the power of loue so late owt cast 37    the knott therof ys knytt ffull fast 38    &amp; I therto so sure proffest 39  {w+t+} {u'} ffor euermore with me to last 40    the power wherin I am possest

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Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H6. This poem opposes the rational detachment from love in maturity to the philandering love of youth.