Yet mocks us too; for he does make us wise, 35
When by his coming our affairs are past.
O harmless death! whom still the valiant brave,
The wise expect, the sorrowful invite,
And all the good embrace, who know the grave
A short dark passage to eternal light.
Sir William Davenant.
CXXVII
MORTIFICATION.
How soon doth man decay!
When clothes are taken from a chest of sweets