"Songes and Sonettes written by the ryght honorable Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other"

Tottel, Richard . "Songes and Sonettes written by the ryght honorable Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other"
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Alas so all thinges nowe

A complaint by night of the louer not beloued.

1.10.1: Alas so all thinges nowe doe holde their peace.
1.10.2: Heauen and earth disturbed in nothing:
1.10.3: The beastes, the ayer, the birdes their song doe cease:
1.10.4: The nightes chare the starres aboute dothe bring:
1.10.5: Calme is the Sea, the waues worke lesse and lesse:
1.10.6: So am not I, whom loue alas doth wring,
1.10.7: Bringing before my face the great encrease
1.10.8: Of my desires, whereat I wepe and syng,
1.10.9: In ioye and wo, as in a doutfull ease.
1.10.10: For my swete thoughtes sometyme doe pleasure bring:
1.10.11: But byandby
Note: by and by the cause of my disease
1.10.12: Geues me a pang, that inwardly dothe sting,
1.10.13: When that I thinke what griefe it is againe,
1.10.14: To liue and lacke the thing should ridde my paine.