" Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are 

 present; and let us speedily use the creatures like as in 

 youth. 



" Let us fill ourselves with costly wine, and ointments, 

 and let no flower of the spring pass by us. 



" Let us crown ourselves with rose-buds, before they be 

 withered." 



The Wisdom of Solomon, ii. 6 8. 



