O thou that dost inhabit in my breast,

Leave not the mansion [so] long tenantless,

Lest, growing ruinous, the building fall,

10 And leave no memory of what it was!

Repair me with thy presence, Silvia;

Thou gentle nymph, cherish thy forlorn swain!

What halloing and what stir is this to-day?

These [are my] mates, that make their wills their law,

15 Have some unhappy passenger in chase.

They love me well; yet I have much to do