THE LOVER DESPAIRING TO ATTAIN UNTO HIS LADY'S GRACE RELINQUISHETH THE PURSUIT. HOSO list to hunt ? I know where is an         hind !    But as for me, alas !  I may no more, The vain travail hath wearied me so sore ; I am of them that furthest come behind. Yet may I by no means my wearied mind Draw from the deer ; but as she fleeth afore Fainting I follow ; I leave off therefore, Since in a net I seek to hold the wind. Who list her hunt, I put him out of doubt As well as I, may spend his time in vain ! And graven with diamonds in letters plain, There is written her fair neck round about ;     ' Noli me tangere ; for Cæsar's I am, And wild for to hold, though I seem tame.' [AJ Notes: Thought to be about Anne Boleyn, with whom     Wyatt had a relationship before the King      became interested in her. Noli me tangere, "touch me not." ] Source: Yeowell, James, Ed. The Poetical Works of Sir Thomas Wyatt. London: George Bell and Sons, 1904. 19. 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 April 29, 2007. ©2003 Anniina Jokinen Anne Boleyn. Artist Unknown. Hever Castle, Kent.