Doth shew, that Life-time, passeth fast away,

And, makes no stop: yea, and the Motto too,

(Lest thou forgetfull prove) informes thee so.

By viewing this, Occasion, therefore, take,

Of thy fast-flying Houres, more use to make;

And, heedfull bee, to shunne their common crime,

Who take much care to trifle out the time;

As if it merited their utmost paine,

To lose the gemme, which most they seeke to gaine.

Time-past is lost already: Time-to-come,