Hence, all you vain delights, <br /> As short as are the nights <br /> Wherein you spend your folly! <br /> There's nought in this life sweet, <br /> If man were wise to see 't, <br /> But only melancholy, <br /> Oh, sweetest melancholy!<br /><br />Sir William Strode<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/melancholy-2/