Who list to hunt, I know where is a hind, But as for me (oh dear) I may no more. The work in vain has worn me down so sore, I'm one of whose who come in last in line. Yet by no means may I my worn out mind Draw from the deer, but as she flees me more Faint must I seek her. I leave off -- no more, Since in a net I seek to hold the wind. Who list her hunt, I put him out of doubt, As well as I my spend his time in vain. And wrought with gems in words so plain Is writ, on her fair neck to mark her out: "Don't touch me, for the king's I am, And wild for to hold, though I seem tame." -- Sir Tom Watt
It's thought the girl is Anne, King Hal the Eighth's wife mark 2.0, with whom Sir Tom might have slept ere she caught the king's eye.
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