Liberty, which, though late, yet cast an eye upon me in my inactive time of life, after my beard began to fall off with a greyish hue when I shaved: yet on me she cast her eye, and after a long period of slavery came at last.
Libertas, quae sera, tamen respexit inertem,
Candidior postquam tondenti barba cadebat
Respexit tamen, etlongo post tempore venit.
Candidior postquam tondenti barba cadebat
Respexit tamen, etlongo post tempore venit.
Original text (Latin)