Robert Herrick Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: August 24, 1591 - October 15, 1674
Birthday: August 24
Death: October 15
To the Virgins, To Make much of Time Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today, Tomorrow 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 is 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 you may, go marry; For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry.
source: 'To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time'
topic: Running, Flower, Race, Old Time, Worst Times, Rose Buds, Rosebuds
