The Joker reads "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", by Robert Herrick
Channel: Ancient Literature Dude
Date: 2019-01-12

The Clown Prince of Crime embarks on a new path, joyfully reciting the poem better known as "Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May". Read in the style of Mark Hamill, this Joker is upping his criminal vocabulary with sophisticated verses of old.

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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
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 forever tarry.