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"His golden locks time hath to silver turned; O time too swift! Oh swiftness never ceasing! His youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain; youth waneth by encreasing."
Sonnet. Polyhymnia.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"His helmet now shall make a hive for bees, And lovers' songs be turned to holy psalms; A man-at-arms must now serve on his knees, And feed on prayers, which are old age's alms."
Sonnet. Polyhymnia.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"My merry, merry, merry roundelay Concludes with Cupid's curse: They that do change old love for new, Pray gods, they change for worse!"
Cupid's Curse.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain