Early Tudor Poetry - Sir Thomas Wyatt

An excerpt from Egerton Ms. 2711

Tangled I was in love's snare,
Oppressed with pain, torment with
care,
Of grief right sure, of joy full
bare,
Clean in despair by cruelty, -
But ha! ha! ha! full well is me,
For I am now at liberty.

The woeful days so full of pain,
The weary night all spent in vain,
The labor lost for so small gain,
To write them all it will not
be.
But ha! ha! ha! full well is me,
For I am now at liberty.

...

Too great desire was my guide
And wanton will went by my
side;
Hope ruled still, and made me
bide
Of love's craft th' extremity.
But ha! ha! ha! full well is me,
For I am now at liberty...