| Alexander Pope (1688–1744). Complete Poetical Works. 1903. | | | | Poems: 1713–17 | | Imitation of Martial |
| | | | Referred to in a letter from Trumbull to Pope dated January, 1716. The epigram imitated is the twenty-third of the tenth book. |
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AT length, my Friend (while Time, with still career, | |
| Wafts on his gentle wing his eightieth year), | |
| Sees his past days safe out of Fortune’s power, | |
| Nor dreads approaching Fate’s uncertain hour; | |
| Reviews his life, and in the strict survey, | 5 |
| Finds not one moment he could wish away, | |
| Pleased with the series of each happy day. | |
| Such, such a man extends his life’s short space, | |
| And from the goal again renews the race; | |
| For he lives twice, who can at once employ | 10 |
| The present well, and ev’n the past enjoy. | | | |
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