Each draws to his best-loved.
Time meanwhile is flying, flying beyond recall.
Mantua gave me birth, Calabri snatched me away, now Parthenope holds me; I sang of shepherds, pastures, and heroes. -Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope, cecini pascua, rura, duces
Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers.
Time is flying never to return.
There's a snake hidden in the grass.