To The Virgins To Make Much Of Time - Robert Herrick (Dror Kessler)
Channel: Dror Kessler
Date: 2016-05-21

Poem by: Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,  
Old Time is still a-flying:  
And this same flower that smiles to-day  
To-morrow 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 for ever tarry.