<p>Unwise are they that spend their youthfull Prime<lb/> In Vanities; as if they did suppose<lb/> That men, at pleasure, might redeeme the Time;<lb/> For, they a faire advantage fondly lose.<lb/> As ill-advis'd be those, who having lost<lb/> The first Occasions, to Despairing runne:<lb/> For, Time hath Revolutions; and, the most,<lb/> For their Affaires, have Seasons more, then one.<lb/> Nor is their Folly small, who much depend<lb/> On Transitorie things, as if their Powre<lb/> Could bring to passe what should not have an End;<lb/> Or compasse that, which Time will not devoure.<lb/> The first Occasions, therefore, see thou take<lb/> (Which offred are) to bring thy hopes about;<lb/> And, minde thou, still, what Haste away they make,<lb/> Before thy swift-pac't houres are quite runne out.<lb/> Yet, if an Opportunity be past,<lb/> Despaire not thou, as they that hopelesse be;<lb/> Since, Time may so revolve againe, at last,<lb/> That New-Occasions may be offred thee.<lb/> And see, thou trust not on those fading things,<lb/> Which by thine owne Endeavours thou acquir'st:<lb/> For, Time (which her owne Births to ruine brings)<lb/> Will spare, nor thee, nor ought which thou desir'st.<lb/> His Properties, and Vses, what they are,<lb/> In-vaine observ'd will be, when he is fled:<lb/> That, they in season, therefore, may appeare,<lb/> Our Emblem, thus, hath him deciphered;<lb/> Balde save before, and standing on a Wheele;<lb/> A Razor in his Hand, a Winged Heele.<lb/> </p>

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Occasio: a naked woman with long locks of hair on the front of her head; the backof her head is bald, wings at her feet, a razor in her right hand, standing on a wheel

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<p>Occasions-past are sought in vaine;<lb/> But, oft, they wheele-about againe.</p>

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