Page:Age and life of man, or, A short description of the natur (sic), rise, and fall, according to the twelve months of the year.pdf/4

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Yet nevertheless, remember this,
that one day we must die.

Then'brave April doth sweetly smile,
the flow’rs do fair appear,
The child is then become a man,
to the age of twenty year.
If he' be kind and well inclin’d,
and brought up at the school,
Then men may know if he forth show,
a wife man or a fool

Then cometh May, gallant, and gay,
when fragrant flow’rs do thrive,
The child is then become a man,
of age twenty and five;
And for his life doth seek a wife,
his life and days to spend
Christ from above send peace and love,
and grace unto the end.

Then cometh June with plesant tune,
when fields with fiow’rs. are clad,
And Phoebus bright is at his'height,
all creatures then are fed,
Then he appears of thety years,
with courage bold and flour,
His nature so makes-him to go,
of death he hath no doubt.

Then July comes with his hot calms,
and constant in his kind;