Perfumed Roses
I am so enjoying the gardens here - particularly the roses - something I am not usually a fan of. Generally they seem to have little appeal unless in a big bunch given as a gift. I think my change of heart is due to the fact that the roses here are all of the old fashioned variety and highly perfumed. It is impossible to walk through a garden without a wonderful overpowering aroma.
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| Gather Ye Rosebuds J. W. Waterhouse 1909 |
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| Robert Herrick |
To The Virgins, To Make Much Of Time
Robert Herrick
1591 - 1674
“GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow 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.”
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow 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.”
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| Gather Ye Rosebuds |
