Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire
Where shall we sometimes meet and by the fire
Help waste a sullen day what may be won
From the hard season gaining？ Time will run
On smoother till Favonius reinspire
The frozen earth and clothe in fresh attire
The lily and rose that neither sow'd nor spun.
What neat repast shall feast us light and choice
Of Attic taste with wine whence we may rise
To hear the lute well touch'd or artful voice
Warble immortal notes and Tuscan air？
He who of those delights can judge and spare
To interpose them oft is not unwise.