| Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845. | | | | Embleme VIII | | XVI. Geffrey Whitney |
| | Motto: Omnis caro fœnum.
ALL fleshe is grasse, and witherth like the haie: | |
| To-daie man laughes, to-morrowe lies in claie. | |
| Then let him marke the frailtie of his kinde, | |
| For here his tearme is like a puffe of winde; | |
| Like bubbles smalle that on the waters rise; | 5 |
| Or like the flowers whom Flora freshlie dies, | |
| Yet in one daie their glorie all is gone; | |
| So worldlie pompe which here we gaze vppon: | |
| Which warneth all that here their pageantes plaie, | |
| Howe well to liue, but not how long to waie. | 10 | | | |
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