Classic Poem

M ELAMPUS , when will love be void of fears? Mel.:
When jealousy hath neither eyes nor ears. Cor.:
Melampus, when will love be thoroughly shrieved? Mel.:
When it is hard to speak, and not believed. Cor.:
Melampus, when is love most malcontent? Mel.:
When lovers range and bear their bows unbent. Cor.:
Melampus, tell me when love takes least harm? Mel.:
When swains' sweet pipes are puffed, and trulls are warm. Cor.:
Melampus, tell me when is love best fed? Mel.:
When it has sucked the sweet that ease hath bred. Cor.:
Melampus, when is time in love ill-spent? Mel.:
When it earns meed and yet receives no rent. Cor.:
Melampus, when is time well-spent in love? Mel.:
When deeds win meed, and words love-works do prove.