¶ Thirsis the Shepheard, to his Pipe. +See ‘The Sheepheards dumpe’ * and Phoenix Nest , ‘Like desart woods, with darksome shades obscured’ *In his edition of The Works of … Surrey and … Wyatt , II (1816), 543, G.F.Nott asserts that the poem was written in imitation of Wyatt’s ‘The louers life compared to the Alpes’, Tottel *. The source of Wyatt’s poem is to be found in a poem in Jacopo Sannazaro’s Rime , part III (1531), 49v. Author: Rollins argues it is ‘certainly Thomas Lodge’. Structure (May/Ringler): 15: 5×3 abb10, same rhymes throughout
L Ike Desert woods, with darkesome shades obscured, Where dreadfull beasts, where hatefull horror raigneth. Such is my wounded hart, whom sorrow paineth,
The trees are fatall shafts, to death inuredaccustomed , (5) That cruell loue within my breast maintaineth, To whetsharpen my griefe, when as my sorrow wainethlessens, diminishes .
The ghastly beasts, my thoughts in caresgrief assures, Which wage me warre, while hart no succour gaineth: With false suspectsuspicion , and feare that still remaineth.
(10) The horrors, burning sighs by cares procured, Which forth I send, whilest weeping eye complaineth: To coole the heate, the helplesse hart containeth.