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First Line: My heart I gave thee, not to do it pain
Last Line: Ploweth in water and soweth in the sand.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas
Variant Title(s): Egerton Manuscript: 14
Subject(s): Desire; Farewell; Hearts; Parting


My heart I gave thee, not to do it pain,
But to preserve, it was to thee taken;
I served thee not to be forsaken,
But that I should be rewarded again.
I was content thy servant to remain,
But not to be paid under this fashion.
Now since in thee is none other reason,
Displease thee not if that I do refrain.
Unsatiate of my woe and thy desire,
Assured be craft to excuse thy fault;
But since it please thee to fain a default,
Farewell, I say, parting from the fire,
For he that believeth bearing in hand,
Ploweth in water and soweth in the sand.





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