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IN TIME the STRONG!

In time the strong and stately turrets fall,
In time the rose and silver lillies die,
In time the monarchs captive are and thrall,
In time the sea and rivers are made dry;

The hardest flint in time doth melt asunder;
Still-living fame in time doth fade away;
The mountains proud we see in time come under;
And earth, for age, we see in time decay.

The sun in time forgets for to retire
From out the east where he was wont to rise;
The basest thoughts we see in time aspire,
And greedy minds in time must do wealth despise,
Thus all,sweet fair,in time must have an end,
Except thy beauty,virtues,and thy friend.


GILES FLETCHER c.1593