There 's Naught In This Life Sweet, If Man Were Wise To See 't, But Only Melancholy

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There 's naught in this life sweet,
If man were wise to see 't,
But only melancholy;
O sweetest Melancholy!
-- John Fletcher (1576-1625)
-- The Nice Valour, Act iii, Sc. 3

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