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Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880.

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The Lover having broken his Bondage, voweth never more to be enthralled

IN æternum I was once determed,

For to have loved and my mind affirmed,

That with my heart it should be confirmed,

In æternum.

Forthwith I found the thing that I might like,

And sought with love to warm her heart alike,

For as me thought I should not see the like,

In æternum.

To trace this dance I put myself in press,

Vain Hope did lead, and bade I should not cesse,

To serve to suffer, and still to hold my peace

In æternum.

With this first rule I furtherd me a pace,

That as me thought my truth had taken place,

With full assurance to stand in her grace,

In æternum.

It was not long ere I by proof had found

That feeble building is on feeble ground,

For in her heart this word did never sound

In æternum.

In æternum then from my heart I cest

That, I had first determined for the best,

Now in the place another thought doth rest,

In æternum.