General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1842 Original Publisher: printed for the Percy society [by T. Richards] Subjects: English poetry History / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / Anthologies Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: HERE BEGYNNETH A COMPLAYNT OF A DOLOROUS LOUER. O, What dyscomforte! O, what dueyll! What greuaunce, O, what syghes depe, Thus from my pleasure for to recuyll By force of her from whens my paynes doth crepe ! To wepynge teres tourned is my slope; O, what rage, to loue suche a fygure! Uoyded of pytie, replyte with rygoure. O, what hope, what solace of suche seruyce! O, how am I with dolour furnysshed! O, what dyspayre, what sadnes, what dystres! As one in bytter tourmentes garnysshed; With paynfull thoughtes thus to be banysshed From her that hath aboue all creatures My herte, and shall whyle the woiide endures. Where I haue euer ben constant and true, Content and glad aboue all measure, To do that thynge that myght ensure To her delyght and dayly pleasure! 0 dolorous tourment that I endure, Thus vnkyudly to be forsaken ! Wolde God rayther deth had me taken. O what recomforte shuld I nowe haue, For the langoure wherin I am wrapped; Ha! loue vntrue thou doest me dysceyue, By the semblaunce that I of the receyued, Helas ! syth I no sooner perceyued The sodayne stroke of thy vnkyndnesse, Which deedly dothe my herte oppresse. Helas ! to longe haue I attended, My greuous payne to deth hath me brought; And where to loue I condyscended, Repent I cannot, though I it dere hath bought; My trouth and fydelyte …