To The Virgins, To Make Much Of Time
Robert-herrick
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To The Virgins, To Make Much Of Time by Robert Herrick
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A fairly straightforward carpe diem, ‘seize the moment’, poem by Herrick, which implores people to love while they still can, in the same vein as Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress”. and Marlowe’s The Passionate Shepherd to His Love. It can also be categorised as a ‘persuasion’ or ‘seduction’ poem.
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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.
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.