Alter.

I have liv'd long enough for others, 

Like the Dog in the Wheel, 

And it is now the Season to begin for myself: 

I cannot change that Thing call'd Time, 

But I can alter its Posture and, 

As Boys do turn a looking-glass against the Sunne, 

So I will dazzle you all.

Peter Ackroyd, From Hawksmoor