Ah!
What I missed until your message is that there are two speakers. I see now that the italicization of the last line and a foot, and the division over two lines of line three indicate that the italicized words are spoken by the person addressed in the rest of the poem. As my confused and confusing previous message shows, the content was pulling me toward that reading despite my missing those things. Thanks for clarifying.
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