[5729]Anceps forma bonum mortalibus,
———exigui donum breve temporis,
[5731]Vitrea gemmula, fluxaque bullula, candida forma est,
Nix, rosa, fumus, ventus et aura, nihil.
A brittle gem, bubble, is beauty pale,
A rose, dew, snow, smoke, wind, air, nought at all.
[5738]Lumina sint Melitae Junonia, dextra Minervae,
Mamillae Veneris, sura maris dominae, &c.
[5740]Candida sideriis ardescant lumina flammis,
Sudent colla rosas, et cedat crinibus aurum,