An antidote against melancholy: made up in pills. Compounded of witty ballads, jovial songs, and merry catches.

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Title: An antidote against melancholy: made up in pills. Compounded of witty ballads, jovial songs, and merry catches.
Author: J. P.
Publication: London :: printed for John Playford at his shop in the Temple,; 1669.
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Subject terms: English wit and humor
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PLeasure, Beauty, Youth attend ve,
Love and melting thoughts befriend ye;
While the spring of Nature lasteth
Use your time e're Winter hasteth.

Active blood and free delight
Place and privacy invite,
Oh be kind as you are fair!
Lose no advantage got for Air.

She is cruel that denies it,
Stealth of sport in love supplies it;
Bounty best appears in granting,
Else the eares of love are wanting.

There's the sweet exchange of bliss,
Where ach whisper proves a Kiss;
In the gains are felt no pains,
For still in all the loser gains.