| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Sir Thomas Wyatt. 1503–1542 |
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34. Forget not yet
The Lover Beseecheth his Mistress not to Forget his
Steadfast Faith and True Intent |
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| FORGET not yet the tried intent | |
| Of such a truth as I have meant; | |
| My great travail so gladly spent, | |
| Forget not yet! | |
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| Forget not yet when first began | 5 |
| The weary life ye know, since whan | |
| The suit, the service, none tell can; | |
| Forget not yet! | |
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| Forget not yet the great assays, | |
| The cruel wrong, the scornful ways, | 10 |
| The painful patience in delays, | |
| Forget not yet! | |
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| Forget not! O, forget not this!— | |
| How long ago hath been, and is, | |
| The mind that never meant amiss— | 15 |
| Forget not yet! | |
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| Forget not then thine own approved, | |
| The which so long hath thee so loved, | |
| Whose steadfast faith yet never moved: | |
| Forget not this! | 20 |
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