To the Virgins, to make much of Time
Robert Herrick
1591 to 1674
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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
higher he's a-getting;
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he's to setting.
That age is best, is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
being spent, the worse, and worst
Times, still succeed former.
Then be not coy, but use your time;
while ye may, go marry:
For having lost but your prime,
You may for ever tarry.