@3Cor.@1 Melampus, when will love be void of fears? @3Mel.@1 When jealousy hath neither eyes nor ears. @3Cor.@1 Melampus, when will love be throughly shriev'd? @3Mel.@1 When it is hard to speak and not believ'd. @3Cor.@1 Melampus, when is love most malcontent? @3Mel.@1 When lovers range and bear their bows unbent. @3Cor.@1 Melampus, tell me when love takes least harm? @3Mel.@1 When swains' sweet pipes are puff'd and trulls are warm. @3Cor.@1 Melampus, tell me when is love best fed? @3Mel.@1 When it has suck'd the sweet that ease hath bred. @3Cor.@1 Melampus, when is time in love ill-spent? @3Mel.@1 When it earns meed and yet receives no rent. @3Cor.@1 Melampus, when is time well-spent in love? @3Mel.@1 When deeds win meed and words love-works do prove. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DANTE by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS THE TOWN OF DON'T-YOU-WORRY by I. J. BARTLETT PORTRAIT SONNETS: 1 by HENRY BELLAMANN THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 39. FAREWELL TO JULIET (1) by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT DOGS ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS by CLARISSA BUCKLIN ABANDON by LORENE BYRNES BURNS A GOLDEN WEDDING: C.B.-E.A.B., 1825-1875 by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER |