I abide and abide and better abide, <br /> And after the old proverb, the happy day; <br /> And ever my lady to me doth say, <br /> "Let me alone and I will provide." <br /> I abide and abide and tarry the tide, <br /> And with abiding speed well ye may. <br /> Thus do I abide I wot alway, <br /> Nother obtaining nor yet denied. <br /> Ay me! this long abiding <br /> Seemeth to me, as who sayeth, <br /> A prolonging of a dying death, <br /> Or a refusing of a desir'd thing. <br /> Much were it better for to be plain <br /> Than to say "abide" and yet shall not obtain.<br /><br />Sir Thomas Wyatt<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/abide-and-abide-and-better-abide/
