IV. DUM gelido Boreæ video demittere flatu te modo formosum, flos periture, caput; dum quos ver aluit tecum lugere videris pallidus, et tristi diriguisse gelu; tum subit ærumnas penitus tolerantis imago qui fata a cunis novit iniqua pati. Scilicet hunc venti Borealis turbine flexum exiguo incultus munere nutrit ager at lacrimas almo visu siccabit utrique ætheris alterno vere renatus honor. V. HE that loves a rosy cheek, or a coral lip admires, or from star-like eyes doth seek fuel to maintain his fires; as old Time makes these decay, so his flames must waste away. But a smooth and steadfast mind, gentle thoughts, and calm desires, hearts with equal love combined, kindle never-dying fires; where these are not, I despise lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes. T. CAREW. V. Si quem suave rubens gena, si torret potius coralio labrum, si stellis oculos pares ignis surripuit materiem sui; hæc ætas ubi fregerit, canos in cineres fax Veneris cadet. At mens propositi tenax, et mite ingenium nec nimis appetens, et fax mutua pectorum, æternis animos ignibus excitant: quæ si defuerint, genæ et nil labra rubent, nil oculi micant. |