Classic Poem

I.

Kind Opportunity's a Friend
To Lovers, tho' Time is a Foe;
The first, is like a Mistress, kind,
If that you do not let her go;
But Time, that Thief, away will take again,
What t'other for thee, did in haste, obtain:

II.

Then trust not Faithless Time, (my Dear,)
With Beauty, Love, or Happiness;
Since Time is a Discoverer,
He never to be trusted is;
Time, (whilst you have it then,) be sure improve,
And never trust a Run-away with Love:

III.

Time, like all other Trustees, is
A Cheat, tho' a Fair Promiser;
Both Danger then, and Folly 'tis,
To trust our Love, or Life, (my Dear,)
With that Old Cheat, who Love, or Faith repays,
But with, our Disappointments, his Delays.