To whom should I sue to ease my pain? To my mistress? Nay, nay, certain! For fear she should me then disdain I dare not sue, I dare not sue. When I should speak to my mistress In hope therefore to get redress, [My words cannot my pain express] When I should speak, when I should speak. What hap had I, that suffereth pain, An if I might her grace attain Or else she would hear me complain? What hap had I, what hap had I? I fly for fear to be espied Or of evil will to be destroyed. The place where I would fainest abide I fly for fear, I fly for fear. Though I were bold who should me blame? Love caused me to do the same. With honesty it were no shame Though I were bold, though I were bold. And here an end with full glad will In purpose for to serve her still; And for to part I think none ill. And here an end, and here an end. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THREE GATES [OF GOLD] by ELIZABETH DAYTON WE WEAR THE MASK by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR PROPERZIA ROSSI by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS I AM THE PEOPLE, THE MOB by CARL SANDBURG LINES WRITTEN TO A TRANSLATOR OF GREEK POETRY by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON |