For thogh we slepe, or wake, or rome, or ryde, Ay…

For thogh we slepe, or wake, or rome, or ryde,
Ay fleeth the tyme; it nyl no man abyde.

Sourced, The Canterbury Tales

The Clerk’s Tale , l. 62-63

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