Time is everlasting, but the sun does not last for ever.

Time is joy and sorrow, festival and fast;

Time is the secret of moonlight and sunlight. 1570

Thou hast extended Time, like Space,

And distinguished Yesterday from To-morrow.

Thou hast fled, like a scent, from thine own garden;

Thou hast made thy prison with thine own hand.

Our Time, which has neither beginning nor end, 1575

Blossoms from the flower-bed of our mind.

To know its root quickens the living with new life: