1. I am silent to guarded speech,
And I dream, and the dream in me is most like.

2. Yet I do leave off sweet discourse,
Lest I be answered with what I abhor.

3. When the foolish man vents on me his foolishness,
I, more foolish than he,

4. So think not yourself made happy by men's raving,
Though they grace you or pretend.

5. For many a lad will please beholders,
With tongues and faces fine,

6. Who sleeps when noble matters call,
And wakes at deeds of shame.