Prithe andwyrde tis pleas

Help me to seek for I lost it there,
And if that ye have found it, ye that be here,
And seek to convey it secretly,
Handle it soft, and treat it tenderly :
Or else it will plain and then appear ;

But rather restore it mannerly,
Since that I do ask it thus honestly ;
For to lose it, it sitteth me too near;
Help me to seek.

Alas and is there no remedy ?
But have I thus lost it wilfully ?
I wis it was a thing all too dear
To be bestowed, and wist not where :
It was mine heart, I pray you heartily
Help me to seek.

Sir Thomas Wyatt 1503 - 1542