And hours that we waste bring days of sorrow.
Good fortune, like these hours, will soon be past,
So make the most of such while it doth last.
He who made the sun, made too the shade,
Let not life’s shadows anyone hide Him who made.
Since He who gives can also take away,
Let every man who lives go watch and pray.
Within the sight of all I hourly stand,
To praise, reproach, and teach throughout the land.
Go, take your time is truly said,