Mellea purpurem depromant ora ruborem;

Fulgeat, ac Venerem coelesti corpore vincat,

Forma dearum omnis, &c.

I am not now as when thou saw'st me last,

That favour soon is vanished and past;

That rosy blush lapt in a lily vale,

Now is with morphew overgrown and pale.

[5742]Deforme solis aspicis truncis nemus?

Sic nostra longum forma percurrens iter,

Deperdit aliquid semper, et fulget minus,