THE POEMS OF SIR THOMAS WIAT
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I fere and hope, I burn and freise like yse,
I fley above the wynde, yet can I not arrise,
And noght I have and all the worold I seson; 4
That loseth nor locketh holdeth me in prison;
And holdeth me not; yet can I scape nowise:
Nor letteth me lyve nor dye at my devise:
And yet of deth it gyveth me occasion. 8
Withoute Iyen I se; and withoute tong I plain:
I desire to perisshe, and yet I aske helthe;
I love an othr: and thus I hate myself; 11
I fede me in sorrowe: and laughe in all my pain:
Likewise displeaseth me boeth deth and lyff:
And my delite is causer of this stryff. 14
(Signed "Wyat.")
This Sonnet is also found in P. as well as in D. and Tottel; the version is faulty. It is omitted in A.
3 I fley above the wynde] D. I flye aboute the heavin. T. I flye aloft. yet can I not arrise] P. yet cannot rise.
4 and all] P. yet all.
5 That loseth nor locketh holdeth] MS. spelling loseth for looseth. T. that lockes nor loseth holdeth.
6 And holdeth] T, P. and holdes. I scape] P. I escape. T. I scrape.
7 Nor letteth] T. lettes. P. letes.
8 me occasion] P. none occasion.
9 Withoute . . . withoute] T. without eye I se, without. D. without yes.
10 I desire. . . helthe] T. I wish to perysh yet I aske for helth. P. yet aske I helth.
11 and thus] P. and yet. T. and thus (thus omitted in second and later editions). I hate] P. I have.
12 I fede me] P. I feed.
13 Likewise . . . deth and lyff] P. likewise pleaseth me. T. Lo thus displeaseth me. D, P, T. both dethe and liffe. MS. reads liff and deth (scribal error).
14 causer of this stryff] P. causer of my gryef.
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