“Quis scit an adjiciant hodiernæ crastina summæ

“Tempora Di superi?”

Horace.

Attend, ye thoughtless!—Hear, ye young and gay!

Who chearly pass the buxom hours away;

And let reflection for a while prevail,

While the sad Muse unfolds her mournful tale:

In pensive strains her solemn numbers flow,

And shew the vanity of all below.

The day that mark’d, in majesty sublime.