Busy, curious, thirty fly!
        Drink with me and drink as I:
        Freely welcome to my cup,
        Couldst thou sip and sip it up:
        Make the most of life you may,
        Life is short and wears away.

        Both alike are mine and thine
        Hastening quick to their decline:
        Thine's a summer, mines no more,
        Though repeated to three score.
        Threescore summers, and when they're gone,
        Will appear as short as one!

                        William Oldys