"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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For want of will

The louer lamenteth his estate with sute for grace.

2.44.1: For want of will, in wo I playne:
2.44.2: Vnder colour of sobernesse.
2.44.3: Renewyng with my sute my payne,
2.44.4: My wanhope with your stedfastnesse.
2.44.5: Awake therfore of gentlenesse.
2.44.6: Regard at length, I you require,
2.44.7: The sweltyng paynes of my desire.
2.44.8: Betimes who geueth willingly,
2.44.9: Redoubled thankes aye doth deserue.
2.44.10: And I that sue vnfaynedly,
2.44.11: In frutelesse hope (alas) do sterue.
2.44.12: How great my cause is for to swerue:
2.44.13: And yet how stedfast is my sute:
2.44.14: Lo, here ye see, where is the frute?
2.44.15: As hounde that hath his keper lost,
2.44.16: Seke I your presence to obtayne:
2.44.17: In which my hart deliteth most,
2.44.18: And shall delight though I be slayne.
2.44.19: You may release my band of payne.
2.44.20: Lose then the care that makes me crye,
2.44.21: For want of helpe or els I dye.

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2.44.22: I dye, though not incontinent,
2.44.23: By processe yet consumingly
2.44.24: As waste of fire, which doth relent.
2.44.25: If you as wilfull wyll denye.
2.44.26: Wherfore cease of such crueltye:
2.44.27: And take me wholy in your grace:
2.44.28: Which lacketh will to change his place.