an almost accidental gathering of poets
 
   
 
 
Robert Herrick
 (1648)
To The Virgins, To Make Much Of Time
Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tomorrow will be dying.

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.

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.

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.
   
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