| CRABBED age and youth cannot live together: | |
| Youth is full of pleasure, age is full of care; | |
| Youth like summer morn, age like winter weather; | |
| Youth like summer brave, age like winter bare. | |
| Youth is full of sport, age’s breath is short; | 5 |
| Youth is nimble, age is lame; | |
| Youth is hot and bold, age is weak and cold; | |
| Youth is wild, and age is tame. | |
| Age, I do abhor thee, youth, I do adore thee; | |
| O! my love, my love is young: | 10 |
| Age, I do defy thee: O! sweet shepherd, hie thee, | |
| For methinks thou stay’st too long. |