There’s nought in this life sweet,

If man were wise to see’t, 5

But only melancholy,

Oh, sweetest melancholy!

Welcome, folded arms, and fixèd eyes,

A sigh that piercing mortifies,

A look that’s fastened to the ground, 10

A tongue chained up without a sound!

Fountain-heads, and pathless groves,

Places which pale passion loves!