The personification of Time also appears in this poem in the third quatrain. However, Time is characterized differently. In this poem Time owns a secret chest where he keeps all of his treasures. His "best jewel" (a metaphor) is the young man. Even though the beautiful jewel (the young man) leaves the chest of Time for a brief period (when he is born), eventually Time will find his best jewel and return it to his chest (when the young man dies). Of course, the theme is the same. Even the most beautiful of objects and people are eventually destroyed over time.