Nay, those two lovers are not anywhere;

If we were they, none knows us what we were,
Nor aught of all their barren grief and glee.
⁠Couldst thou not watch with me?

Half false, half fair, all feeble, be my verse

Upon thee not for blessing nor for curse;
For some must stand, and some must fall or flee;
⁠Couldst thou not watch with me?

As a new moon above spent stars thou wast;

But stars endure after the moon is past.
Couldst thou not watch one hour, though I watch three?
⁠Couldst thou not watch with me?