OF TO-DAY.
Now, is the constant syllable ticking from the clock of time,
Now, is the watchword of the wise, Now, is on the banner of the prudent.
Cherish thy to-day and prize it well, or ever it be gulphed into the past,
Husband it, for who can promise, if it shall have a morrow?
Behold, thou art,—it is enough; that present care be thine;