Emblem. 70. Senis descriptio.
M. T. W. charissimo patri seni.
The same in English.
O folde mens state, what may be thought,
By figure present we are taught,
As Sunne is hid and day is gone,
So pleasure now remaineth none:
The hand which kept the house doeth fayle,
The strong men bow them selues and vayle,
The teeth the grist doe cease to grinde,
The watchman in the tower is blinde:
The bird which chirps, doth him awake,
The harpe doth now no musicke make;
At cisterne as when wheele is broke,
So olde men in no worke beare stroke,
In blacke his neighbours present be,
His corps to graue to accompany.
