And why not death rather than living torment?And Silvia is myself; banish'd from herIs self from self, a deadly banishment.What light is light, if Silvia be not seen?What joy is joy, if Silvia be not by?Unless it be to think that she is by,And feed upon the shadow of perfection.Except I be by Silvia in the night,There is no music in the nightingale;Unless I look on Silvia in the day,There is no day for me to look upon.She is my essence, and I leave to beIf I be not by her fair influenceFoster'd, illumin'd, cherish'd, kept alive.I fly not death, to fly his deadly doom:Tarry I here, I but attend on death;But fly I hence, I fly away from life.