Forget not Yet the Tried Intent

Forget not yet the tried intent

Of such a truth as I have meant;

My great travail so gladly spent,

            Forget not yet.

   Forget not yet when first began

The weary life ye know, since whan

The suit, the service, none tell can;

            Forget not yet.

   Forget not yet the great assays,

The cruel wrong, the scornful ways;

The painful patience in denays,

            Forget not yet.

   Forget not yet, forget not this,

How long ago hath been and is

The mind that never meant amiss;

            Forget not yet.

   Forget not then thine own approved,

The which so long hath thee so loved,

Whose steadfast faith yet never moved;

            Forget not this.