StoryTitle("caps", "The Appeal") ?>
An Earnest Suit to His Unkind Mistress,
Not To Forsake Him
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And wilt thou leave me thus? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Say nay, say nay, for shame! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "—To save thee from the blame ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Of all my grief and grame. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And wilt thou leave me thus? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L3", "", "Say nay! say nay! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And wilt thou leave me thus, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "That hath loved thee so long ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "In wealth and woe among: ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And is thy heart so strong ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "As for to leave me thus? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L3", "", "Say nay! say nay! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And wilt thou leave me thus, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "That hath given thee my heart ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Never for to depart ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Neither for pain nor smart: ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And wilt thou leave me thus? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L3", "", "Say nay! say nay! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And wilt thou leave me thus, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And have no more pitye ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Of him that loveth thee? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Alas, thy cruelty! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And wilt thou leave me thus? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L3", "", "Say nay! say nay!", "") ?>
Poet("Sir Thomas Wyatt", "1503-1542") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>