1. In my memory you linger, though slander’s
Flood reached me, with cool light I shine

2. And show the foe that your disfavor
Was but mischance, no willful design.

3. I hear detractors yet make no reply,
Repelling blame from you in judgment blind.

4. If I put by my love, restlessness
Comes over me, betraying a praising mind.

5. If asked about estrangement, I reply
With tongue professing, but denying heart.

6. If your love be not magic, then nothing is;
Magic and it are made of single art.

7. I never sought another’s love until
I was tried sorely by a hermit’s heart.

8. Often a fool attains what he desires
While noblest aims find frustration hard.

9. This is the sickness, doctor’s skill defied,
That makes me despair of a cure for what I bear inside.