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Jun 25: HERRICK'S POEMS

Advice to Virgins from a Wise Man

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today, to-morrow will be
dying? "Herrick was only a humble country minister with a
wealth of wisdom and a keen appreciation of life, which he
expressed in lyrics of wonderful beauty and melody.

Read: HERRICK'S POEMS ..................   Vol. 40, pp. 334-340