Henry VIII. "Whereto should I express."

"Whereto should I express"
By Henry VIII

Whereto should I express
My inward heaviness?
No mirth can make me fain
Till that we meet again.

Do 'way, dear heart, not so!
Let no thought you dismay ;
Though ye now part me fro,
We shall meet when we may.

When I remember me
Of your most gentil mind,
It may in no wise agree
That I should be unkind.

The daisy delectable,
The violet wan and blo—
Ye are not variable,
I love you and no mo.

I make you fast and sure ;
It is to me great pain
Thus longë to endure
Till that we meet again.

Audio Excerpt from the CD
All Goodly Sports: Music of Henry VIII

Source:
Hebel, J. William and Hoyt H. Hudson. Poetry of the English Renaissance.
New York: F. S. Crofts & Co., 1941. 8-9.

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