There is not left unto thee, one whole Watch,

Thy necessary labours, to dispatch.

It was no more, when first thy Life begunne;

And, many Glasses of that Watch be runne:

Which thou observing, shouldst be put in minde,

To husband well, the space that is behind.

Endeavour honestly, whil'st thou hast light:

Deferre thou not, thy Iourney, till the night;

Nor, sleepe away, in Vanities, the prime,

And flowre, of thy most acceptable time.