Sir+Robert+Herrick

Sir Robert Herrick



 * as a young man attempted the family trade before going to Cambridge University
 * received 2 __degrees__ and was ordained a priest
 * published a book: Hesperides, contains over 1400 poems
 * topics include worldly and religious themes.

Works:

 * 1) [|Corinna's Going A-Maying]
 * 2) [|Delight in Disorder]
 * 3) [|The Argument of his Book]

__**To the Virgins, To make much of time**__

media type="file" key="Wiki Poem David.m4a" width="300" height="50" Gather ye rosebuds 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'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 forever tarry.