Posted by Kel on November 05, 19100 at 19:26:53:
In Reply to: help me remember posted by Cathy Krentz on January 05, 19100 at 13:38:06:
The first one is by Robert Herrick
titled To s,To Make Much of Time
1 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
2 Old Time is still a-flying;
3 And this same flower that smiles today,
4 To-morrow will be dying.
5 The glorious lamp of heaven, the Sun,
6 The higher he's a-getting;
7 The sooner will his race be run,
8 And nearer he's to setting.
9 That age is best, which is the first,
10 When youth and blood are warmer;
11 But being spent, the worse, and worst
12 Times still succeed the former.
13 Then be not coy, but use your time,
14 And while ye may, go marry;
15 For having lost but once your prime,
16 You may for ever tarry.