XIICrabbed age and youth cannot live together:Youth is full of pleasance, age is full of care;Youth like summer morn, age like winter weather;Youth like summer brave, age like winter bare.Youth is full of sport, age’s breath is short;Youth is nimble, age is lame;Youth is hot and bold, age is weak and cold;Youth is wild, and age is tame.Age, I do abhor thee; youth, I do adore thee;O, my love, my love is young!Age, I do defy thee. O, sweet shepherd, hie thee,For methinks thou stay’st too long.
Crabbed age and youth cannot live together:Youth is full of pleasance, age is full of care;Youth like summer morn, age like winter weather;Youth like summer brave, age like winter bare.Youth is full of sport, age’s breath is short;Youth is nimble, age is lame;Youth is hot and bold, age is weak and cold;Youth is wild, and age is tame.Age, I do abhor thee; youth, I do adore thee;O, my love, my love is young!Age, I do defy thee. O, sweet shepherd, hie thee,For methinks thou stay’st too long.