Decay + 

Swift-footed Time, how eagerly you go + 

Across the swaying summer grasses bed + 

As on in breathless haste you hurry me + 

To Winter with its chilling winds and snow. + 

The noontide hour is fading⁠—in my hair + 

The furtive shadows caper and recline. + 

I tell my beads of amethyst and gold + 

So near at end, so passing dear and fair. + 