"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," by Robert Herrick

Author: Robert Herrick

1 Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying.

2 The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he’s a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he’s to setting.

3 That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.

4 Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry;
For having lost but once your prime,
You may forever tarry.

5 Source: The Norton Anthology of Poetry Third Edition (1983)

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