To the Virgins to make much of Time by Robert Herrick
b"R Herrick read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------------\\n\\nTo the Virgins to make much of Time\\nby Robert Herrick (1591 \\u2013 1674)\\n\\nGather ye rosebuds while ye may,\\n Old Time is still a-flying:\\nAnd this same flower that smiles to-day\\n To-morrow will be dying.\\nThe glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,\\n The higher he's a-getting,\\nThe sooner will his race be run,\\n And nearer he's to setting.\\n\\nThat age is best which is the first,\\n When youth and blood are warmer;\\nBut being spent, the worse, and worst\\n Times still succeed the former.\\n\\nThen be not coy, but use your time,\\n And while ye may, go marry:\\nFor having lost but once your prime,\\n You may for ever tarry.\\n\\nFirst aired: 11 December 2007\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"