Говорят, о человеке много сказать много по его стихам. Наверное, это не всегда так, но в случае с Генри Тюдором видна, как минимум, действительно свойственная ему сентиментальность. Хотя в ту эпоху сентиментальные вирши были в моде. Всё на английском, понятное дело.
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Whoso that will all feats obtain
In love he must be without disdain.
For love enforces all noble kind,
And disdain discourages all gentle mind.
Wherefore, to love and be not loved
Is worse than death?
Let it be proved!
Love encourages, and makes one bold;
Disdain abates and makes him cold.
Love is given to God and man —
To woman also, I think the same.
But disdain is vice, and should be refused,
Yet nevertheless it is too much used.
Great pity it were, love for to compel
With disdain, both false and subtle.
"Whereto should I express"
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.