Whoso List to Hunt by Sir Thomas Wyatt

Whoso list to hunt¹, I know where is an hind,²
But as for me, alas, I may no more.
The vail travail³ hath wearied me so sore
I am of them that farthest cometh 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,⁴
As well as I, may spend his time in vain.
And graven in diamonds with letters plain
There is written, her fair neck round about,
"Noli me tangere,⁵ for Caesar's I am,
And wild for to hold, though I seem tame."

1. list: archaic for "desires"
2. hind: female deer (rhymes with "kind")
3. travail: hard work
4. put him out of doubt: assure him (that he)
5. Noli me tangere: Latin for "touch me not"