To The Virgins, To Make Much Of Time by Robert Herrick: baptized 24 August 1591 – buried 15 October 1674: (the first and last stanzas/verses)
[Image: "Fourth Step Spiral" by Stu Jenks; Made with Ponderosa Pine needles, atop Mt. Lemmon, Arizona in August of 2012]
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...
..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.
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