Her barëd bosome she doth broad display;

Lo! see, soone after how she fades and falls away.

So passeth, in the passing of a day,

Of mortall life the leafe, the bud, the flowre;

Ne more doth florish after first decay,

That earst[[95]] was sought to deck both bed and bowre

Of many a lady, and many a paramowre!

Gather therefore the rose whilst yet is prime,[[96]]

For soone comes age that will her pride deflowre:

Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time,