Is least regarded, and of none desired!"

XXXIII.

Though thou be fair, think Beauty but a blast!

A morning's dew! a shadow quickly gone!

A painted flower, whose colour will not last!

Temporis soltus honesta est avaritia.

Time steals away, when least we think thereon.

Most precious time! too wastefully expended;

Of which alone, the sparing is commended.