The other two, slight ayre, and purging fire,
Are both with thee, where euer I abide:
The first my thought, the other my desire,
These present absent with swift motion slide;
For when these quicker Elements are gone
In tender Embassie of loue to thee,
My life being made of foure, with two alone
Sinkes downe to death, opprest with melancholie,
Vntill liues composition be recured
By those swift messengers return’d from thee,
Who euen but now come back againe assured
Of thy faire health, recounting it to me.
This told, I ioy, but then no longer glad,
I send them back againe and straight grow sad.
The other two, slight air, and purging fire,
Are both with thee, wherever I abide;
The first my thought, the other my desire,
These present absent with swift motion slide;
For when these quicker elements are gone
In tender embassy of love to thee,
My life, being made of four, with two alone
Sinks down to death, oppressed with melancholy,
Until life’s composition be recured
By those swift messengers returned from thee,
Who even but now come back again assured
Of thy fair health, recounting it to me.
This told, I joy, but then no longer glad,
I send them back again and straight grow sad.