Part One.
--_Spatio brevi_
_Spem longam reseces_: _dum loquimur_, _fugerit invida_
_AEtas_: _carpe diem_, _quam minimum credula postero_.
HOR., _Od._ i. 11, 6.
Thy lengthen'd hope with prudence bound,
Proportion'd to the flying hour:
While thus we talk in careless ease,
Our envious minutes wing their flight;
Then swift the fleeting pleasure seize,
Nor trust to-morrow's doubtful light.