tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8352560.post3972239338770539947..comments2023-11-03T04:58:42.247-07:00Comments on White Light Black Light: DELIGHT IN DISORDER, by Robert HerrickAlicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038018719406067477noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8352560.post-19108095552779683652009-02-11T11:50:00.000-08:002009-02-11T11:50:00.000-08:00More from Robert Herrick (this is often a big hit ...More from Robert Herrick (this is often a big hit with my young Intro to Lit students:<BR/><BR/>To the Virgins, To Make Much of TIme<BR/><BR/>Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,<BR/> Old TIme is still a-flying:<BR/>And this same flower that smiles to-day<BR/> Tomorrow will be dying.<BR/><BR/>The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,<BR/> The higher he's a-getting,<BR/>The sooner will his race be run,<BR/> And nearer he's to setting.<BR/><BR/>That age is best which is the first,<BR/> When youth and blood are warmer;<BR/>But being spent, the worse, and worst<BR/> Times still succeed the former.<BR/><BR/>Then be not coy, but use your time,<BR/> And while ye may, go marry:<BR/>For having lost but once your prime<BR/> You may forever tarry.<BR/><BR/> *<BR/><BR/>T and I are in our mid twenties, and have been for a couple of decades. We're gonna stay this way.<BR/>xoellworthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08112148819715996300noreply@blogger.com