SPECULUM AMANTIS.

τὁ ῥὀδον ἀκμἀζει βαιὀν χρονὁν' ἢν δἑ παρἐλθυ,
ζητων εὐρἠσεισ οὐ ῥὀδον, ἀλλἁ βἀτον.

Incert.

The season of the rose is brief, make haste to
pluck your posies;
Another day you'll chance to find bare thorns
where bloomed the roses.