604. Forget Not Yet by Sir Thomas Wyatt

Published: Nov. 27, 2013, 10:02 a.m.

b'Sir Thomas Wyatt read by Classic Poetry Aloud\\n\\nwww.classicpoetryaloud.com\\nTwitter: @classicpoetry\\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/poetryaloud\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n--------------------------------------------\\n\\nForget not yet\\nby Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503 \\u2013 1542)\\n \\nThe Lover Beseecheth his Mistress not to Forget his Steadfast Faith and True Intent\\n \\nForget not yet the tried intent \\nOf such a truth as I have meant; \\nMy great travail so gladly spent, \\nForget not yet! \\n \\nForget not yet when first began \\nThe weary life ye know, since whan \\nThe suit, the service, none tell can; \\nForget not yet! \\n \\nForget not yet the great assays, \\nThe cruel wrong, the scornful ways, \\nThe painful patience in delays, \\nForget not yet! \\n \\nForget not! O, forget not this!\\u2014 \\nHow long ago hath been, and is, \\nThe mind that never meant amiss\\u2014 \\nForget not yet! \\n \\nForget not then thine own approved, \\nThe which so long hath thee so loved, \\nWhose steadfast faith yet never moved: \\nForget not this! \\n\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009'