1. I swear by your visit, which without
Promise or pretense you kindly granted,

2. And by the goodness you secretly inspired—
My hearing, my youthful vigor, my restraint.

3. That visit has denied me sleep and left
Among my vitals a fire that will not die.

4. If you befriend or abandon me, do me justice
Or wrong, I am the slave of your beauty.

5. Far be it from your beauty, my heart’s desire,
To promise union and not fulfill!

6. And Love’s sick one, when he heard that you
Once talked of parting, despaired of cure.