Shot of Spenser

Wrath, jealousy, grief, love do thus expel:

Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed,

Grief is a flood, and love a monster fell;

The fire of sparks, the weed of little seed,

The flood of drops, the monster filth did breed:

But sparks, seed, drops, and filth do thus delay;

The sparks soon quench, the springing seed outweed,

The drops dry up, and filth wipe clean away:

So shall wrath, jealousy, grief, love die and decay

-Faerie Queene Book II, Canto IV, Stanza 35