What is this quote from...??"gather ye roses while ye may"?

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What is this quote from...??"gather ye roses while ye may"?

2007-03-15 13:47:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations

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"To the Virgins" By Robert Herrick (1561-1674).

2007-03-15 13:51:08 · answer #1 · answered by GaelicMel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The opening stanza in one of his more famous poems, "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", is as follows:

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tomorrow will be dying.

2007-03-15 14:11:30 · answer #2 · answered by Knight 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The first poster was right, the rest of the stanza is
For fast time is aflying
And the rose that blooms today
Tomorrow will be dying

2007-03-15 14:02:53 · answer #3 · answered by scrabblemaven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋