“The brightest nymphs could’st scorn.
II.
“Hard was thy lot, and short thy date,
“By form too fair undone;
“Thou met’st, alas! a timeless doom,
“Ere half thy course was run.
III.
“Unhappy, self-admiring youth,
“A lesson thou shalt prove;
“T’ avoid vain pride, that idle toy,