English Literature / Unit 8 ENL 0709 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Herrick: "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"
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The idea
Herrick, a country vicar and self-professed son of Ben, published Hesperides in sixteen forty-eight. "To the Virgins" opens, "Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, / Old Time is still a-flying," and urges young women to marry while youth lasts.
In practice
Gather rosebuds; time is flying.
Where people slip
Carpe diem argues from time's speed.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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