To Have Slaved So Many Years For

Make All Fair Allowance For The Mistakes Of Youth.

Only Death Reveals What A Nothing The Body Of Man Is.

From The Disease Of One The Whole Flock Perishes.

For The Short-lived Bloom And Contracted Span Of Brief And Wretched Life Is Fast Fleeting Away! While We Are Drinking And Calling For Garlands, Ointments, And Women, Old Age Steals Swiftly On With Noiseless Step.

The People That Once Bestowed Commands, Consulships, Legions, And All Else, Now Concerns Itself No More, And Longs Eagerly For Just Two Things: Bread And Circuses!