I see the bones across that lie;

Yet little think, that I must die.

I read the label underneathe,

That telleth me whereto I must:

I see the sentence eke that saithe

"Remember, man, that thou art duste;"

But yet, alas, but seldom I

Do think indeed, that I must die!

Continually at my bed's head

An hearse doth hang, which doth me tell