James Shirley. "Melancholy, hence!" from "Changes, or Love in a Maze", 1632.

from
CHANGES, OR LOVE IN A MAZE, 1632.

by James Shirley

Melancholy, hence ! go get
Some piece of earth to be thy seat;
Here the air and nimble fire
Would shoot up to meet desire;
Sullen humor, leave her blood,
Mix not with the purer flood,
But let pleasures swelling there
Make a springtide all the year.

Source:
Poetry of the English Renaissance 1509-1660.
J. William Hebel and Hoyt H. Hudson, Eds.
New York: F. S. Crofts & Co., 1941. 405.

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