Versos English Stephen Hawes Amoure

English poem

Amoure

by (1474–1523)

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O goodd madame! though that they abused Them to theyr ladyes in theyr great deceyte, Yet am I true; let me not be refused: Ye have me taken wyth so fayre a bayte, That ye shall never out of my conceyte. I can not wrynche by no wyle nor croke, My heart is fast upon so sure a hoke.