For thus shalt thou extend the year.
I govern all things by a measure,
And keep the time in work and pleasure.
Learn to borrow of the sun,
Ere the night engulfs each one.
Without the light the sun doth give,
Not many men would care to live.
The hours and minutes I ever renew,
Like glorious rain or fall of the dew.
I work for the sun and man alone,