Book IV, Epigram 54: Ad Colinum

O thou to whom tis free to wear Jov's Tree,
And with his first leaves honoured to bee,
If thou art wise, enjoy thy days repast,
Colinus think the present still the last:
The fatal Sisters grant no wish'd delay
To any, but observe the destin'd day.
Wert thou more rich than Crispus, constanter
Then
hrasea's self, more free than Melior,
Lachesis adds no tow, the spindles be
Unwound, the thred's cut by one of three.