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Judging from the image in lines 1-2, how does Milton view this occasion?
How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!
My hasting days fly on with full career,
But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th.
Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth
That I to manhood am arriv'd so near;
And inward ripeness doth much less appear,
That some more timely-happy spirits endu'th.
Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow,
It shall be still in strictest measure ev'n
To that same lot, however mean or high,
Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heav'n:
All is, if I have grace to use it so
As ever in my great Task-Master's eye.

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You can see that he's become a 23 year old person who doesn't know what to do with his life. He graduated and now doesn't know what to do, whether to become a priest or to become an artist. He speaks how fast his life has gone by and how it all seems as if time has stolen his youth and now he has to do something about it.