John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2270 Robert Herrik 1591-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2270 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Herrick (1591–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | To the Virgins to make much of Time. |
| Note 1. Let us crown ourselves with rose-buds, before they be withered.—Wisdom of Solomon, ii. 8. Gather the rose of love whilest yet is time.—Edmund Spenser: The Faerie Queene, book ii. canto xii. stanza 75. [back] |