I have of late,
but wherefore I know not,
lost all my mirth.
This goodly frame,
the earth,
seems to me a sterile promontory.
This most excellent canopy,
the air -- look you!
This brave o'erhanging firmament,
this majestical roof --
fretted with golden fire --
why it appears no other thing to me
than a foul and pestilent congregation
of vapors.
from Hair