O thoughtless reptile, Man! — Born! yet ask why?
Truly, for something serious —
Knowing this truth, can we be wife too soon?
And this once known, sure something's to be done —
To live's to suffer; , is to exist;
And life, at best, a trial, not a feast:
Our bus'ness virtue; and when that is done,
We cannot sit too late, or rise too soon.