Ultra clepsydram, as our preachers smile,

Lest I exceed my hour-glass. Whereupon,

As Flaccus prompts, I dare the epic plunge—

Begin at once with marriage, up till when

Little or nothing would arrest your love,

In the easeful life o' the lady; lamb and lamb,

How do they differ? Know one, you know all

Manners of maidenhood: mere maiden she.

And since all lambs are like in more than fleece,

Prepare to find that, lamb-like, she too frisks—