And as Ayre doth fullfill the hollownes

10Of rotten walls; so it myne emptines,

Where tost and mov'd it did beget this sound

Which as a lame Eccho of thyne doth rebound.

Oh, I was dead; but since thy song new Life did give,

I recreated, even by thy creature, live.

To Mr R. W. W: published here for the first time

6 which] wch W, and so always

10 emptines,] emptines. W

13-14 Oh, ... give, ... recreated, ... creature,] no commas, W