THAT HOPE UNSATISFIED IS TO THE LOVER'S HEART AS A PRO- LONGED DEATH.2 ABIDE, and abide ; and better abide,    After the old proverb the happy day    And ever my Lady to me doth say, ' Let me alone, and I will provide.' I abide, and abide, and tarry the tide, And with abiding speed well ye may. Thus do I abide I wot alway, N' other obtaining, nor yet denied. Aye me ! this long abiding Seemeth to me, as who sayeth A prolonging of a dying death, Or a refusing of a desired thing.     Much were it better for to be plain,     Than to say, 'Abide,' and yet not obtain. 2  According to Dr. Nott, the allusion in this sonnet is to Anne Boleyn. Source: Yeowell, James, Ed. The Poetical Works of Sir Thomas Wyatt. London: George Bell and Sons, 1904. 20-21. to the Works of Sir Thomas Wyatt Site copyright ©1996-2007 Anniina Jokinen. All Rights Reserved. Created by Anniina Jokinen on August 25, 2000. Last updated January 22, 2007. ©2003 Anniina Jokinen Anne Boleyn Miniature, Attr. to John Hoskins.