“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying.”
Robert Herrick – To The Maidens, to Make Much of Time
This is a poem that needs very little explanation. Robert Herrick talks about taking advantage of life and seizing the moment (Carpe Diem). Life is meant to be lived joyfully. This was a concept that Longfellow brought out in his Psalm For Life when he spoke of our hearts, though stout and brave, like muffled drums beating funeral marches to the grave.
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