1648 

                      TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME

                               by Robert Herrick








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     TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME
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            GATHER ye Rose-buds while ye may,
              Old Time is still a flying:
            And this same flower that smiles to day,
              To morrow will be dying.
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            The glorious Lamp of Heaven, the Sun,
              The higher he's a getting;
            The sooner will his Race be run,
              And neerer he's to Setting.
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            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.
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            Then be not coy, but use your time;
              And while ye may, goe marry:
            For having lost but once your prime,
              You may for ever tarry.
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                            THE END