What is a day, what is a yeere?

What is a day, what is a yeere?

Of vaine delight and pleasure?

Like to a dreame it endlesse dies,

And from vs like a vapour flies:

And this is all the fruit that we finde,

Which glorie in worldly treasure.

He that will hope for true delight,

With vertue must be graced;

Sweete follie yeelds a bitter tast,

Which euer will appeare at last:

But if we still in vertue delight,

Our soules are in heauen placed.