No, no, go not to Lethe, neither twist Wolfs-bane, tight-rooted, for its poisonous wine, Nor suffer thy pale forehead to be kiss'd By nightshade, ruby grape of Proserpine; Make not your rosary of yew-berries, Nor let the beetle, nor the death-moth be Your mournful Psyche, nor the downy owl A partner in your sorrow's mysteries; For shade to shade will come too drowsily, And drown the wakeful anguish of the soul. But when the melancholy fit shall fall Sudden from haven like a weeping cloud, That fosters the droop-headed flowers all; And hides the green hill in an April shroud; Or on the rainbow of the salt sand-wave. Or on the wealth globed peonies; Or if thy mistress some rich anger shows, Emprison her soft hand, and aching Pleasure nigh, And feed deep, deep upon her peerless eyes. She dwells with Beauty--that must die; And joy, whose hand is ever at his lips Bidding adieu, and aching Pleasure nigh, Turning to poison while the bee-mouth sips: Ay, in the very temple of Delight Veil'd Melancholy has her sovran shrine, Though seen of none save him whose strenuous tongue Can burst Joy's grape against his palate fine; His soul shalt taste the sadness of her might, And be among her cloudy trophies hung.
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