Busy, curious, thirsty fly! <br />Drink with me and drink as I: <br />Freely welcome to my cup, <br />Couldst thou sip and sip it up: <br />Make the most of life you may, <br />Life is short and wears away. <br /> <br />Both alike are mine and thine <br />Hastening quick to their decline: <br />Thine ’s a summer, mine ’s no more, <br />Though repeated to threescore. <br />Threescore summers, when they’re gone, <br />Will appear as short as one!<br /><br />William Oldys<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-a-fly-drinking-out-of-his-cup/
