Afflictis lentæ, celeres gaudentibus horæ.
(The hours pass slowly for the afflicted, rapidly for the joyous.)
Vado e vegno giorno;
Ma tu andrai senza ritorno.
(I go and come every day;
But thou shalt go without return.)
May the dread book at our last trial,
When open spread, be like this dial;
May Heaven forbear to mark therein
The hours made dark by deeds of sin;