Crabbed age and youth cannot live together,

Youth is full of pleasance, 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, Ages breath is short,

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.

⁠Age I do defie thee. Oh sweet Shepheard hie thee;

⁠For methinks thou stays too long.