曾司北斗与招摇，玉历天衡略整调。
纸上淋漓纵醉笔，勾除昨日与明朝。
注：珈音乃古波斯名数学家，曾创新历。
Ah, but my Computations, People say,
Reduc'd the Year to better reckoning? — Nay,
'Twas only striking from the Calendar
Unborn To-morrow, and dead Yesterday.