"I am as I am and so will I be"
"I am as I am and so will I be"by Sir Thomas Wyatt (Attributed)
I am as I am and so will I be
But how that I am none knoweth truly.
Be it evil, be it well, be I bound, be I free,
I am as I am and so will I be.
I lead my life indifferently,
I mean no thing but honestly.
And though folks judge full diversely
I am as I am and so will I die.
I do not rejoice or yet complain.
Both mirth and sadness I do refrain
And use the mean since folks will feign.
Yet I am as I am, be it pleasure or pain.
Diverse do judge as they do trow,
Some of pleasure and some of woe.
Yet for all that nothing they know.
But I am as I am wheresoever I go.
But since that judgers do thus decay
Let every man his judgement say.
I will take it in sport and play
For I am as I am whosoever say nay.
Who judgeth well, well God him send.
Who judgeth evil, God him amend.
To judge the best therefore intend
For I am as I am and so will I end.
Yet some there be that take delight
To judge folks' thought for envy and spite
But whether they judge me wrong or right
I am as I am and so do I write.
Praying you all that this do read
To trust it as you do your creed
And not to think I change my weed
For I am as I am however I speed.
But how that is I leave to you.
Judge as ye list, false or true.
Ye no more know than afore ye knew
Yet I am as I am whatever ensue.
And from this mind I will not flee,
But to you all that misjudge me
I do protest, as ye may see
I am as I am and so will I be.
by © Sreekesh Menon at
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